Change “click”, “contextmenu”, “auxclick” events to PointerEvent (instead of MouseEvent) to let developers: distinguish between mouse, pen and individual fingers in a multitouch interaction through pointerType and pointerId attributes, and utilize fractional event coordinates for high precision use cases.

Status in Chromium

Blink>Input


In developer trial (Behind a flag) (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 79
  • Chrome for Android release 79

Consensus & Standardization

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Last updated on 2021-06-28