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Just an example of simulating touch events using the CustomEvent api. Sloppily used jQuery, but this can be easily switched to use addEventListener.
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if (!('ontouchstart' in window)) { | |
// create synthetic touch events | |
var idCounter = 0, | |
emptyArray = []; | |
$(document).on('mousedown',function (e) { | |
console.log('faking touchstart'); | |
var evt = new CustomEvent('touchstart',{ | |
bubbles : true, | |
cancelable : true | |
}); | |
evt.altKey = e.originalEvent.altKey; | |
evt.ctrlKey = e.originalEvent.ctrlKey; | |
evt.shiftKey = e.originalEvent.shiftKey; | |
evt.metaKey = e.originalEvent.metaKey; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.clientX = e.clientX; | |
evt.clientY = e.clientY; | |
evt.pageX = e.pageX; | |
evt.pageY = e.pageY; | |
evt.screenX = e.screenX; | |
evt.screenY = e.screenY; | |
evt.target = e.target; | |
evt.touches = evt.changedTouches = [ | |
{ | |
clientX : evt.clientX, | |
clientY : evt.clientY, | |
identifier : idCounter++, | |
pageX : evt.pageX, | |
pageY : evt.pageY, | |
screenX : evt.screenX, | |
screenY : evt.screenY, | |
target : evt.target, | |
webkitForce : 1, | |
webkitRadiusX : 1, | |
webkitRadiusY : 1, | |
webkitRotationAngle : 0 | |
} | |
]; | |
e.originalEvent.target.dispatchEvent(evt); | |
}) | |
.on('mousemove',function (e) { | |
var evt = new CustomEvent('touchmove',{ | |
bubbles : true, | |
cancelable : true | |
}); | |
evt.altKey = e.originalEvent.altKey; | |
evt.ctrlKey = e.originalEvent.ctrlKey; | |
evt.shiftKey = e.originalEvent.shiftKey; | |
evt.metaKey = e.originalEvent.metaKey; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.pageX = e.pageX; | |
evt.pageY = e.pageY; | |
evt.screenX = e.screenX; | |
evt.screenY = e.screenY; | |
evt.target = e.target; | |
evt.touches = evt.changedTouches = [ | |
{ | |
clientX : evt.clientX, | |
clientY : evt.clientY, | |
identifier : idCounter++, | |
pageX : evt.pageX, | |
pageY : evt.pageY, | |
screenX : evt.screenX, | |
screenY : evt.screenY, | |
target : evt.target, | |
webkitForce : 1, | |
webkitRadiusX : 1, | |
webkitRadiusY : 1, | |
webkitRotationAngle : 0 | |
} | |
]; | |
e.originalEvent.target.dispatchEvent(evt); | |
}) | |
.on('mouseup',function (e) { | |
console.log('faking touchend'); | |
var evt = new CustomEvent('touchend',{ | |
bubbles : true, | |
cancelable : true | |
}); | |
evt.altKey = e.originalEvent.altKey; | |
evt.ctrlKey = e.originalEvent.ctrlKey; | |
evt.shiftKey = e.originalEvent.shiftKey; | |
evt.metaKey = e.originalEvent.metaKey; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.charCode = e.originalEvent.charCode; | |
evt.pageX = e.pageX; | |
evt.pageY = e.pageY; | |
evt.screenX = e.screenX; | |
evt.screenY = e.screenY; | |
evt.target = e.target; | |
evt.touches = emptyArray; | |
evt.changedTouches = [ | |
{ | |
clientX : evt.clientX, | |
clientY : evt.clientY, | |
identifier : idCounter++, | |
pageX : evt.pageX, | |
pageY : evt.pageY, | |
screenX : evt.screenX, | |
screenY : evt.screenY, | |
target : evt.target, | |
webkitForce : 1, | |
webkitRadiusX : 1, | |
webkitRadiusY : 1, | |
webkitRotationAngle : 0 | |
} | |
]; | |
e.originalEvent.target.dispatchEvent(evt); | |
}); | |
} |
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