Web/API/TouchEvent/targetTouches

The targetTouches read-only property is a TouchList listing all the Touch objects for touch points that are still in contact with the touch surface and whose touchstart event occurred inside the same target element as the current target element.

Syntax

var touches = touchEvent.targetTouches;

Return value

touches

A TouchList listing all the Touch objects for touch points that are still in contact with the touch surface and whose touchstart event occurred inside the same target element as the current target element.

Example

This example illustrates the TouchEvent object's TouchEvent.targetTouches property. The TouchEvent.targetTouches property is a TouchList object that includes those TPs that are currently touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event. As such, the targetTouches list is a strict subset of the touches list.

In following code snippet, the function compares the length of the touches list to the the length of the targetTouches list and returns true if the lengths are the same and returns false otherwise.

function touches_in_target(ev) {
  // Return true if all of the touches are within the target element;
  // otherwise return false.
  return (ev.touches.length == ev.targetTouches.length ? true : false);
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Touch Events – Level 2	Draft	Non-stable version.
Touch Events	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
targetTouches	Chrome Full support 22	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 52 Full support 52 No support 18 — 24	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 6	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

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Full support

No support  

No support

TouchEvent.targetTouches by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.