Touch Events

Touchscreen input API, originally introduced by Apple on iOS

Comments

Defacto standard for touch input for many years, W3C standard in REC. Has a number of known issues, see https://docs.google.com/a/chromium.org/document/d/12-HPlSIF7-ISY8TQHtuQ3IqDi-isZVI0Yzv5zwl90VU/edit

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch_events

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default in:

• Chrome for desktop release 18
• Opera release 15
• Opera for Android release 15

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: Shipped
• Safari: Shipped
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• rbyers@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14