If you are working on a mobile HTML5 website / app you probably want to know what are the javascript events you can use based on the user interaction. Well, here is a list (cheatsheet); bellow is a table comparing the mobile javascript events with their desktop counterparts. The “composed” column shows similar mobile events that may also be triggered.
Action | Desktop | Mobile | Composed |
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Mouse down | onmousedown | touchstart | |
Mouse move | onmousemove | touchmove | |
Mouse up | onmouseup | touchend | |
Click | onclick | touchstart + touchend | |
Double click | ondblclick | touchstart + touchend + touchstart + touchend | |
Drag | onmousedown + onmousemove + onmouseup | touchstart + touchmove + touchend | |
Mouse over | onmouseover | touchenter | touchstart + touchmove |
Mouse out | onmouseout | touchleave | touchenter + touchmove |
Tab two fingers start pinch / zoom |
gesturestart | touchstart + touchmove | |
Pinch / zoom | gesturechange | gesturestart + touchmove | |
Stop pinch / zoom | gestureend | touchmove + touchend |
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Pinch / zoom interruption | touchcancel | ||
Rotate device | orientationchange |
If you have any questions please leave a comment bellow.