Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
Note: Before Gecko 25.0, this method was defined on the DocumentTouch
mixin.
The Document.createTouch()
method creates and returns a new Touch
object.
Syntax
var touch = DocumentTouch.createTouch(view, target, identifier, pageX, pageY, screenX, screenY);
Parameters
view
- The
window
in which the touch occurred. target
- The
EventTarget
for the touch. identifier
- The value for
Touch.identifier
. pageX
- The value for
Touch.pageX
. pageY
- The value for
Touch.pageY
. screenX
- The value for
Touch.screenX
. screenY
- The value for
Touch.screenY
.
clientX
- The value for
Touch.clientX
. clientY
- The value for
Touch.clientY
. radiusX
- The value for
Touch.radiusX
. radiusY
- The value for
Touch.radiusY
. rotationAngle
- The value for
Touch.rotationAngle
. force
- The value for
Touch.force
.
Return value
touch
- A
Touch
object configured as described by the input parameters.
Example
This example illustrates using the Document.createTouch()
method to create Touch
objects.
In following code snippet, two Touch
objects are created for the target
element.
var target = document.getElementById("target"); var touch1 = Document.createTouch(window, target, 1, 15, 20, 35, 40); var touch2 = Document.createTouch(window, target, 2, 25, 30, 45, 50);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Touch Events The definition of 'Document.createTouch()' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
createTouch | Chrome
No support
22 — 66
| Edge
Full support
79
| Firefox No support 18 — 67 | IE No support No | Opera No support ? — 53 | Safari No support No | WebView Android
No support
? — 66
| Chrome Android
No support
25 — 66
| Firefox Android Full support 6 | Opera Android No support ? — 47 | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android
No support
1.5 — 9.0
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.