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Javascript touch events from click

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Add the init() function to your document.ready call. This allows touch events to be handled like click events.

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  1. function touchHandler(event)
  2. {
  3.  var touches = event.changedTouches,
  4.     first = touches[0],
  5.     type = "";
  6.  
  7.      switch(event.type)
  8. {
  9.     case "touchstart": type = "mousedown"; break;
  10.     case "touchmove":  type="mousemove"; break;        
  11.     case "touchend":   type="mouseup"; break;
  12.     default: return;
  13. }
  14. var simulatedEvent = document.createEvent("MouseEvent");
  15. simulatedEvent.initMouseEvent(type, true, true, window, 1,
  16.                           first.screenX, first.screenY,
  17.                           first.clientX, first.clientY, false,
  18.                           false, false, false, 0/*left*/, null);
  19.  
  20. first.target.dispatchEvent(simulatedEvent);
  21. event.preventDefault();
  22. }
  23.  
  24. function init()
  25. {
  26.    document.addEventListener("touchstart", touchHandler, true);
  27.    document.addEventListener("touchmove", touchHandler, true);
  28.    document.addEventListener("touchend", touchHandler, true);
  29.    document.addEventListener("touchcancel", touchHandler, true);    
  30. }

URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5186441/javascript-drag-and-drop-for-touch-devices

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