The pointercancel
event is fired when the browser determines that there are unlikely to be any more pointer events, or if after the pointerdown
event is fired, the pointer is then used to manipulate the viewport by panning, zooming, or scrolling.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | PointerEvent |
Event handler property | onpointercancel |
Some examples of situations that will trigger a pointercancel
event:
- A hardware event occurs that cancels the pointer activities. This may include, for example, the user switching applications using an application switcher interface or the "home" button on a mobile device.
- The device's screen orientation is changed while the pointer is active.
- The browser decides that the user started pointer input accidentally. This can happen if, for example, the hardware supports palm rejection to prevent a hand resting on the display while using a stylus from accidentally triggering events.
- The
touch-action
CSS property prevents the input from continuing.
After the pointercancel
event is fired, the browser will also send pointerout
followed by pointerleave
.
Examples
Using addEventListener()
:
const para = document.querySelector('p'); para.addEventListener('pointercancel', (event) => { console.log('Pointer event cancelled'); });
Using the onpointercancel
event handler property:
const para = document.querySelector('p'); para.onpointercancel = (event) => { console.log('Pointer event cancelled'); };
Specifications
Specification | Status |
---|---|
Pointer Events | Obsolete |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pointercancel event | Chrome Full support 55 | Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox
Full support
59
| IE
Full support
11
| Opera ? | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 55 | Chrome Android Full support 55 | Firefox Android
Full support
29
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- Uses a non-standard name.
- Uses a non-standard name.
See also
- Related events
onpointercancel
event handler property- This event on
Document
targets:pointercancel
event