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document.addEventListener('touchstart', function addtouchclass(e){ // first time user touches the screen
document.documentElement.classList.add('is-touch') // add "can-touch" class to document root using classList API
document.removeEventListener('touchstart', addtouchclass, false) // de-register touchstart event
}, false)
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benzkji commented Jul 8, 2017

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-disable-the-hover-CSS-rule-for-iPhone-and-iPad-touch-device-browsers/answer/John-Miller-386

funny that on stackoverflow you almost wont find this solution, which is, at least for me, quite superior to other solutions.

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