Deprecate and remove initTouchEvent (removed)

Chrome’s initTouchEvent is not interoperable with Safari's or Firefox’s version of initTouchEvent. Deprecated since M49. Developers should use the new TouchEvent constructor. See https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4923255479599104

Demos

• https://output.jsbin.com/lohuwa
• https://w3c.github.io/touch-events/#firing-a-synthetic-touchevent-from-script

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/02/chrome-49-deprecations?hl=en#use-of-inittouchevent-is-deprecated

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Removed (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 54
• Chrome for Android release 54

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• chongz@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14