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Touch event with mousedown fix
/**
http://www.gianlucaguarini.com/blog/detecting-the-tap-event-on-a-mobile-touch-device-using-javascript/
**/
// jQuery
var getPointerEvent = function(event) {
return event.originalEvent.targetTouches ? event.originalEvent.targetTouches[0] : event;
};
var $touchArea = $('#touchArea'),
touchStarted = false, // detect if a touch event is sarted
currX = 0,
currY = 0,
cachedX = 0,
cachedY = 0;
//setting the events listeners
$touchArea.on('touchstart mousedown',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var pointer = getPointerEvent(e);
// caching the current x
cachedX = currX = pointer.pageX;
// caching the current y
cachedY = currY = pointer.pageY;
// a touch event is detected
touchStarted = true;
$touchArea.text('Touchstarted');
// detecting if after 200ms the finger is still in the same position
setTimeout(function (){
if ((cachedX === currX) && !touchStarted && (cachedY === currY)) {
// Here you get the Tap event
$touchArea.text('Tap');
}
},200);
});
$touchArea.on('touchend mouseup touchcancel',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
// here we can consider finished the touch event
touchStarted = false;
$touchArea.text('Touchended');
});
$touchArea.on('touchmove mousemove',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var pointer = getPointerEvent(e);
currX = pointer.pageX;
currY = pointer.pageY;
if(touchStarted) {
// here you are swiping
$touchArea.text('Swiping');
}
});
// non-jQuery
// helpers
var $ = document.querySelector.bind(document),
$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document),
getPointerEvent = function(event) {
return event.targetTouches ? event.targetTouches[0] : event;
},
setListener = function (elm,events,callback) {
var eventsArray = events.split(' '),
i = eventsArray.length;
while(i--){
elm.addEventListener( eventsArray[i], callback, false );
}
};
var $touchArea = $('#touchArea'),
touchStarted = false, // detect if a touch event is sarted
currX = 0,
currY = 0,
cachedX = 0,
cachedY = 0;
//setting the events listeners
setListener($touchArea,'touchstart mousedown',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var pointer = getPointerEvent(e);
// caching the current x
cachedX = currX = pointer.pageX;
// caching the current y
cachedY = currY = pointer.pageY;
// a touch event is detected
touchStarted = true;
$touchArea.innerHTML = 'Touchstarted';
// detecting if after 200ms the finger is still in the same position
setTimeout(function (){
if ((cachedX === currX) && !touchStarted && (cachedY === currY)) {
// Here you get the Tap event
$touchArea.innerHTML = 'Tap';
}
},200);
});
setListener($touchArea,'touchend mouseup touchcancel',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
// here we can consider finished the touch event
touchStarted = false;
$touchArea.innerHTML = 'Touchended';
});
setListener($touchArea,'touchmove mousemove',function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var pointer = getPointerEvent(e);
currX = pointer.pageX;
currY = pointer.pageY;
if(touchStarted) {
// here you are swiping
$touchArea.innerHTML = 'Swiping';
}
});
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