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Created February 25, 2016 12:20
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A simple swipe detection on vanilla js
var touchstartX = 0;
var touchstartY = 0;
var touchendX = 0;
var touchendY = 0;
var gesuredZone = document.getElementById('gesuredZone');
gesuredZone.addEventListener('touchstart', function(event) {
touchstartX = event.screenX;
touchstartY = event.screenY;
}, false);
gesuredZone.addEventListener('touchend', function(event) {
touchendX = event.screenX;
touchendY = event.screenY;
handleGesure();
}, false);
function handleGesure() {
var swiped = 'swiped: ';
if (touchendX < touchstartX) {
alert(swiped + 'left!');
}
if (touchendX > touchstartX) {
alert(swiped + 'right!');
}
if (touchendY < touchstartY) {
alert(swiped + 'down!');
}
if (touchendY > touchstartY) {
alert(swiped + 'left!');
}
if (touchendY == touchstartY) {
alert('tap!');
}
}
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