Touch Event

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A DOM event (touchstart, touchmove, touchend, touchcancel) fired when a user interacts with a touchscreen, providing a list of Touch objects each with coordinates, target element, and unique identifier for tracking multi-finger gestures.

    In plain English: Signals the browser sends when you tap or swipe on a touchscreen, telling the app where your fingers are.

    Example: "We had a 300ms click delay on mobile because we weren't handling touch events directly — switching to touchstart fixed the lag."

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