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Navigator: maxTouchPoints property

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The maxTouchPoints read-only property of the Navigator interface returns the maximum number of simultaneous touch contact points that are supported by the current device.

Value

A number.

Examples

if (navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1) {
  // browser supports multi-touch
}

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Events> # dom-navigator-maxtouchpoints>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`maxTouchPoints`	35	12	59	22	13	35	79	22	13	3.0	37	13

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/maxTouchPoints