TouchEvent object

The read-only TouchEvent object is used for the touchstart, touchend, touchmove, and touchcancel event types.

Syntax


 document.getElementsByTagName('canvas')[0].addEventListener('touchstart', handleTouchStart, false);

TouchEvent

The TouchEvent object has these types of members:

The TouchEvent object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
altKey	Read-only	Determines whether the ALT key was pressed for the touch event.
changedTouches	Read-only	Provides a list of changed Touch objects for every point of contact associated with the event.
ctrlKey	Read-only	Determines whether the CTRL key was pressed for the touch event.
metaKey	Read-only	Determines whether the META key was pressed for the touch event.
shiftKey	Read-only	Determines whether the SHIFT key was pressed for the touch event.
targetTouches	Read-only	List of Touch objects for every point of contact that is touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event.
touches	Read-only	Provides a list of Touch objects for every point of contact currently touching the surface.