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InputDeviceCapabilities: firesTouchEvents property

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The InputDeviceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents read-only property returns a boolean value that indicates whether the device dispatches touch events.

You can use this property to detect mouse events that represent an action that may already have been handled by touch event handlers. This doesn't necessarily mean the device is a touch screen. For example, stylus and mouse devices typically generate touch events on mobile browsers.

Syntax

js

const boolean = InputDeviceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents

Returns

Example

js

myButton.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => {
  if (!e.sourceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents) myButton.classList.add("pressed");
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
firesTouchEvents 47 79 No No 34 No 47 47 No 34 No 5.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/InputDeviceCapabilities/firesTouchEvents