jQuery Mobile Touch Events
Touch events are triggered when the user touches the screen (page).
Touch events also work on desktop computers: tap and swipe with your mouse! |
jQuery Mobile Tap
The tap event is triggered when the user taps on an element.
The following example says: When a tap event fires on a <p> element; hide the current <p> element:
jQuery Mobile Taphold
The taphold event is triggered when the user taps on an element and hold for one second:
jQuery Mobile Swipe
The swipe event is triggered when the user swipes over an element horizontally by more than 30px:
jQuery Mobile Swipeleft
The swipeleft event is triggered when the user swipes over an element in the left direction by more than 30px:
jQuery Mobile Swiperight
The swiperight event is triggered when the user drags over an element in the right direction by more than 30px: