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pointermove

The pointermove event is fired when a pointer changes coordinates, and the pointer has not been canceled by a browser touch-action.

General info

Specification
Pointer Events
Interface
PointerEvent
Bubbles
Yes
Cancelable
Yes
Target
Document, Element
Default Action
Varies: When the pointer is primary, all default actions of mousemove event.

Properties

Property Type Description
target Read only EventTarget The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).
type Read only DOMString The type of event.
bubbles Read only Boolean Whether the event normally bubbles or not.
cancelable Read only Boolean Whether the event is cancellable or not.
view Read only WindowProxy document.defaultView (window of the document)
detail Read only long (float) 0.
pointerId Read only long A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event.
width Read only double (float) The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
height Read only double (float) The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
pressure Read only float The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range of 0 to 1, where 0 and 1 represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively.
tiltX Read only long (float) The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the Y-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the Y axis.
tiltY Read only long (float) The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the X-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the X axis.
pointerType Read only string Indicates the device type that caused the event. Must be one of the strings mouse, pen or touch, or an empty string.
isPrimary Read only boolean Indicates if the pointer represents the primary pointer of this pointer type.

Examples

// pointermove event handler
target.addEventListener("pointermove", function(ev) {
  // Process the event
}, false);

Browser compatibility

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Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 55.0 (Yes) 59 (59) 10 42 No support
On disabled form elements No support No support 44.0 (44.0)[1] No support No support ?
Feature Android Android Webview Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support No support 55.0 (Yes) No support 10 42 No support 55.0
On disabled form elements No support 58.0 No support No support ? No support No support No support

[1] Implemented in bug 218093.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/pointermove