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Created October 2, 2018 11:51
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Detecting the ‘Tap’ event on a Mobile touch device using javascript --- JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gianlucaguarini/56Szw/light/
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();
// caching the current x
cachedX = e.pageX;
// caching the current y
cachedY = e.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 (){
currX = e.pageX;
currY = e.pageY;
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();
if(touchStarted) {
// here you are swiping
$touchArea.text('Swiping');
}
});
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