GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchstart
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The ontouchstart
property of the
GlobalEventHandlers
mixin is an event handler that
processes touchstart
events.
Syntax
var startHandler = someElement.ontouchstart;
Return value
startHandler
-
The
touchstart
event handler for elementsomeElement
.
Example
This example shows two ways to use ontouchstart
to set an element's
touchstart
event handler.
<html>
<script>
function startTouch(ev) {
// Process the event
}
function init() {
let el = document.getElementById('target1');
el.ontouchstart = startTouch;
}
</script>
<body onload="init();">
<div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
<div id="target2" ontouchstart="startTouch(event)"> Touch me ... </div>
</body>
</html>
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Touch Events # dom-globaleventhandlers-ontouchstart |
Browser compatibility
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