Touch Hackery

Touch Enabled Test.js

// touch event skullduggery 

jQuery.event.special.touchclick = {
    setup: function (data, namespaces) {
    var elem = this, $elem = jQuery(elem);

    var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    var isAndroid = ua.indexOf("android") > -1;

    if (window.Touch || isAndroid) {
            $elem.bind('touchstart', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchStart);
            $elem.bind('touchmove', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchMove);
            $elem.bind('touchend', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchEnd);
        } else {
            $elem.bind('click', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.click);
        }
    },

    click: function (event) {
        event.type = "touchclick";
        jQuery.event.handle.apply(this, arguments);
    },

    teardown: function (namespaces) {
        if (window.Touch) {
            $elem.unbind('touchstart', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchStart);
            $elem.unbind('touchmove', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchMove);
            $elem.unbind('touchend', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.onTouchEnd);
        } else {
            $elem.unbind('click', jQuery.event.special.touchclick.click);
        }
    },

    onTouchStart: function (e) {
        this.moved = false;

        $(this).addClass('touchactive');
    },

    onTouchMove: function (e) {
        this.moved = true;

        $(this).removeClass('touchactive');
    },

    onTouchEnd: function (event) {
        if (!this.moved) {
            event.type = "touchclick";
            jQuery.event.handle.apply(this, arguments)
        }

        $(this).removeClass('touchactive');
    }
};​