The TouchEvent()
constructor creates a new TouchEvent
.
Syntax
event = new TouchEvent(typeArg, touchEventInit);
Values
- typeArg
- Is a
DOMString
representing the name of the event. - touchEventInit Optional
- Is a Touch
EventInit
dictionary, having the following fields:"touches"
, optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact currently touching the surface."targetTouches"
, optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact that is touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event."changedTouches"
, optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact which contributed to the event."ctrlKey"
, optional and defaulting tofalse
, of typeBoolean
, that indicates if the ctrl key was simultaneously pressed."shiftKey"
, optional and defaulting tofalse
, of typeBoolean
, that indicates if the shift key was simultaneously pressed."altKey"
, optional and defaulting tofalse
, of typeBoolean
, that indicates if the alt key was simultaneously pressed."metaKey"
, optional and defaulting tofalse
, of typeBoolean
, that indicates if the meta key was simultaneously pressed.
The Touch
EventInit
dictionary also accepts fields fromUIEventInit
and fromEventInit
dictionaries.
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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TouchEvent() constructor | Chrome
Full support
48
| Edge
Full support
≤79
| Firefox ? | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari No support No | WebView Android
Full support
48
| Chrome Android
Full support
48
| Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 3.2 | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
5.0
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
See also
TouchEvent
, the interface of the objects it constructs.