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 EventHandler
that processes touchcancel
events.
Note: This attribute has not been formally standardized. It is specified in the Touch Events – Level 2 Draft specification and not in Touch Events Recommendation. This attribute is not widely implemented.
Syntax
var cancelHandler = someElement.ontouchcancel;
Return value
cancelHandler
- The
touchcancel
event handler for elementsomeElement
.
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 | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Touch Events – Level 2 | Draft | Non-stable version. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ontouchcancel | Chrome Full support 18 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox No support ? — 67 | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android ? | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.