MSGestureStart | onmsgesturestart event (Windows)

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Triggered when the screen is touched on a location over this element.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onmsgesturestart = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.onmsgesturestart = handler;
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("MSGestureStart", handler, useCapture)

Event handler parameters

handler [in]

Type: Function

Function to be executed when the event is triggered.

Remarks

The MSGestureStart event indicates that a new contact and gesture has started. The end of the gesture will be indicated by a MSGestureEnd event.

Note For more information about controlling touch behavior and using multi-touch, see Guidelines for Building Touch-friendly Sites.

Examples

The following is a complete sample that enables you to interact with the screen and see the specific gesture events that are fired. Try tapping and swiping your finger or mouse on the red or blue regions and view the events that are listed.

HTML


<!DOCTYPE html >
<html>
<head>
<title>Gesture Event Firing test</title>
<style type="text/css">
.display
{
  /* Block areas from being selected */
  -ms-user-select: none;
 }
 body
 {
   /* Block area from manipulation actions (zoom, pan) */
   -ms-touch-action: none;
 }

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var messageId = 0;
    var redGesture, blueGesture;
    var redElement, blueElement;

    function printMessage(str)
       {
    var element = document.getElementById("output");
    messageId++;
    element.value += formatMessage(messageId + ":", 4) + str;
    element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;

    element = document.getElementById("eventCount");
    element.innerHTML = messageId;
}

function formatMessage(str, len)
{
    var formattedMessage = null;
    if (str != null)
    {
        var formattedMessage = str.toString();
        formattedMessage += " ";
        for (var idx = formattedMessage.length; idx < len; idx++)
        {
            formattedMessage += " ";
        }
    }
    return formattedMessage;
}

function onLoad() {

    //  Create gesture event listeners for each <div> element
    prepareTarget("Red", redListener);
    prepareTarget("Blue", blueListener);
    // Create MSGesture object 1 (red <div>)
    redGesture = new MSGesture();
    redElement = document.getElementById("Red");
    redGesture.target = redElement;
    // Create MSGesture object 2 (blue <div>)
    blueGesture = new MSGesture();
    blueElement = document.getElementById("Blue");
    blueGesture.target = blueElement;
    
}

//  Add gesture events to an element and point at a specific function
function prepareTarget(targetId, eventListener)
{
    var target = document.getElementById(targetId);
    target.addEventListener("MSGestureStart", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSGestureEnd", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSGestureChange", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSInertiaStart", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSGestureTap", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSGestureHold", eventListener, false);
    target.addEventListener("MSPointerDown", eventListener, false);
}

function printEvent(evt)
{
    var str =
        formatMessage(evt.type, 16) + 
        formatMessage(evt.screenX, 6) +
        formatMessage(evt.screenY, 6)  +
        formatMessage(evt.clientX.toFixed(0), 6) +
        formatMessage(evt.clientY.toFixed(0), 6)  +
        formatMessage(evt.translationX.toFixed(2), 8) +
        formatMessage(evt.translationY.toFixed(2), 8)  +
        formatMessage(evt.scale.toFixed(2), 7)  +
        formatMessage(evt.rotation.toFixed(2), 7)  +
        formatMessage(evt.detail, 5) +
        formatMessage(evt.currentTarget.id, 10) +
        formatMessage(evt.srcElement.id, 10) +
        "\n";
    printMessage(str);
    evt.stopPropagation();
}

//  Reset the gesture object
function reset()
{
        printMessage("Reset gesture\n");
        redGesture.reset();
        blueGesture.reset();
}
//  Adds a pointer to the MSGesture object for the red square
function redListener(evt)
{
    if (evt.type == "MSPointerDown")
    {
        redGesture.addPointer(evt.pointerId);
        return;
    }
    printEvent(evt);
}
//  Adds a pointer to the MSGesture object for the blue square
function blueListener(evt)
{
    if (evt.type == "MSPointerDown")  // add pointer on MSPointerDown event
    {
        blueGesture.addPointer(evt.pointerId);
        return;
    }
    printEvent(evt);  //  Otherwise pass on event
}

function clearMessages(evt)
// Clear the list of gesture messages
{
    var results = document.getElementById("output");
    results.innerHTML = "";
    messageId = 0;
    results = document.getElementById("eventCount");
    results.innerHTML = messageId;
}
</script>
</head>

<body id = "page" onload="onLoad()">
    <!-- Elements to try out gestures -->
    <div class= "display" id="Red" style="position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 300px; height: 250px; background-color: red"></div>
    <div class= "display" id="Blue" style="position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 350px; width: 300px; height: 250px; background-color: blue"></div>
    <div class= "display" id="control" style="position: absolute; top: 50px; left: 750px; width: 300px; height: 250px;">
        <input type="button" value="Clear Messages" onclick=clearMessages()></input>
        <br />
        <p>Gesture Event Count: <span id="eventCount"></span></p>
    </div>

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MSGestureStart | onmsgesturestart event

Syntax

Event handler parameters

Remarks

Examples

See also