Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The gesturestart event is fired when multiple fingers contact the touch surface, thus starting a new gesture. During the gesture, gesturechange events will be fired. When the gesture has ended, a gestureend event will be fired.
It is a proprietary event specific to WebKit.
| Bubbles | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | Unknown |
| Interface | GestureEvent |
| Event handler property | Unknown |
Specifications
Not part of any specification.
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gesturestart event | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 9.1 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS Full support 2 | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.