{
  "title":"Touch events",
  "description":"Method of registering when, where and how the interface is touched, for devices with a touch screen. These DOM events are similar to mousedown, mousemove, etc.",
  "spec":"http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/",
  "status":"rec",
  "links":[
    {
      "url":"http://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/tableTouch.html",
      "title":"Detailed support tables"
    },
    {
      "url":"http://www.quirksmode.org/m/tests/drag2.html",
      "title":"Multi-touch demo"
    },
    {
      "url":"http://schepers.cc/getintouch",
      "title":"Information on the spec development"
    },
    {
      "url":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673557(v=vs.85).aspx",
      "title":"Internet Explorer's gesture and touch implementation."
    },
    {
      "url":"http://github.com/CamHenlin/TouchPolyfill",
      "title":"Touch polyfill for supporting touch events on Internet Explorer"
    },
    {
      "url":"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch_events",
      "title":"MDN \u2013 Touch events"
    }
  ],
  "bugs":[
    {
      "description":"Beware, android 2.3 and below do not detect multiple touches."
    },
    {
      "description":"Firefox 4 & 5 support a [non-standard](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/08/firefox4-beta3/) implementation to achieve the same."
    }
  ],
  "categories":[
    "DOM",
    "JS API"
  ],
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  "notes":"Internet Explorer implements Pointer Events specification which supports more input devices than Touch Events one.\r\n\r\nThere is a library on GitHub that is working toward bringing W3C touch events to IE 10 and 11: https://github.com/CamHenlin/TouchPolyfill \r\n\r\nRemoved support in Firefox refers to desktop Firefox only.",
  "notes_by_num":{
    "1":"Can be enabled in Firefox using the dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled flag (disabled by default for site compatibility reasons)",
    "2":"Supported on IE11 Mobile for phones with \"[Windows Phone 8.1 Update](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/07/31/the-mobile-web-should-just-work-for-everyone.aspx)\"",
    "3":"Can be enabled in Edge using the \"Enable touch events\" flag under `about:flags`"
  },
  "usage_perc_y":78.65,
  "usage_perc_a":0.51,
  "ucprefix":false,
  "parent":"",
  "keywords":"touchstart,touchend,touchmove,touchenter,touchleave,touchcancel",
  "ie_id":"touchevents",
  "chrome_id":"6156165603917824",
  "firefox_id":"",
  "webkit_id":"",
  "shown":true
}