GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchcancel

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The ontouchcancel property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an event handler that processes touchcancel events.

Syntax

var cancelHandler = someElement.ontouchcancel;

Return value

cancelHandler: The touchcancel event handler for element someElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use ontouchcancel to set an element's touchcancel event handler.

<html>
<script>
function cancelTouch(ev) {
  // Process the event
}
function init() {
  let el = document.getElementById('target1');
  el.ontouchcancel = cancelTouch;
}
</script>

<body onload="init();">
  <div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
  <div id="target2" ontouchcancel="cancelTouch(event)"> Touch me ... </div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification
Touch Events # dom-globaleventhandlers-ontouchcancel

Browser compatibility

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See also

touchcancel