Element: touchstart event
The touchstart event is fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.
| Bubbles | Yes |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | Yes |
| Interface | TouchEvent |
| Event handler property | ontouchstart |
Examples
Code samples for those events are available on the dedicated page: Touch events.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Touch Events # event-touchstart |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
touchstart_event |
22 |
12 |
52 |
No |
No |
No |
≤37 |
25 |
6 |
Yes |
Yes |
1.5 |
See also
- Touch events
- This event on
Documenttargets:touchstart
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/touchstart_event