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Touch swipe detection in pure JavaScript
<div id="swipezone">
Swipe me
</div>
// credit: http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/touchevents2.shtml
function swipedetect(el, callback){
var touchsurface = el,
swipedir,
startX,
startY,
distX,
distY,
threshold = 150, //required min distance traveled to be considered swipe
restraint = 100, // maximum distance allowed at the same time in perpendicular direction
allowedTime = 300, // maximum time allowed to travel that distance
elapsedTime,
startTime,
handleswipe = callback || function(swipedir){}
touchsurface.addEventListener('touchstart', function(e){
var touchobj = e.changedTouches[0]
swipedir = 'none'
dist = 0
startX = touchobj.pageX
startY = touchobj.pageY
startTime = new Date().getTime() // record time when finger first makes contact with surface
e.preventDefault()
}, false)
touchsurface.addEventListener('touchmove', function(e){
e.preventDefault() // prevent scrolling when inside DIV
}, false)
touchsurface.addEventListener('touchend', function(e){
var touchobj = e.changedTouches[0]
distX = touchobj.pageX - startX // get horizontal dist traveled by finger while in contact with surface
distY = touchobj.pageY - startY // get vertical dist traveled by finger while in contact with surface
elapsedTime = new Date().getTime() - startTime // get time elapsed
if (elapsedTime <= allowedTime){ // first condition for awipe met
if (Math.abs(distX) >= threshold && Math.abs(distY) <= restraint){ // 2nd condition for horizontal swipe met
swipedir = (distX < 0)? 'left' : 'right' // if dist traveled is negative, it indicates left swipe
}
else if (Math.abs(distY) >= threshold && Math.abs(distX) <= restraint){ // 2nd condition for vertical swipe met
swipedir = (distY < 0)? 'up' : 'down' // if dist traveled is negative, it indicates up swipe
}
}
handleswipe(swipedir)
e.preventDefault()
}, false)
}
//USAGE:
var el = document.getElementById('swipezone');
swipedetect(el, function(swipedir){
// swipedir contains either "none", "left", "right", "top", or "down"
el.innerHTML = 'Swiped <span style="color:yellow">' + swipedir +'</span>';
});
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bezenson commented Mar 3, 2018

Thank you! Looked for simple implementation, because hammer taking 40% of bundle size just for "swipe" events in my project 😄

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