This event was a proposal in an early version of the specification and has not been implemented. Do not rely on it.
The touchenter event is fired when a touch point is moved onto the interactive area of an element.
General info
- Specification
- Touch Events (removed)
- Interface
- TouchEvent
- Bubbles
- Yes
- Cancelable
- Yes
- Target
- Document, Element
- Default Action
- undefined
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
target Read only |
EventTarget |
The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree). |
type Read only |
DOMString |
The type of event. |
bubbles Read only |
boolean |
Does the event normally bubble? |
cancelable Read only |
boolean |
Is it possible to cancel the event? |
view Read only |
WindowProxy |
document.defaultView (window of the document) |
detail Read only |
long (float) |
0. |
touches Read only |
TouchList | A list of Touches for every point of contact currently touching the surface. |
targetTouches Read only |
TouchList | A list of Touches for every point of contact that is touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event. |
changedTouches Read only |
TouchList |
A list of Touches for every point of contact which contributed to the event.For the touchstart event this must be a list of the touch points that just became active with the current event. For the touchmove event this must be a list of the touch points that have moved since the last event. For the touchend and touchcancel events this must be a list of the touch points that have just been removed from the surface. |
ctrlKey Read only |
boolean | true if the control key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
shiftKey Read only |
boolean | true if the shift key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
altKey Read only |
boolean | true if the alt key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
metaKey Read only |
boolean | true if the meta key was down when the event was fired. false otherwise. |
Examples
Code samples for those events are available on the dedicated page: Touch events.