TouchEvent()

The TouchEvent() constructor creates a new TouchEvent.

 event = new TouchEvent(typeArg, touchEventInit);

typeArg

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event.

touchEventInit Optional

Is a TouchEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "touches", optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact currently touching the surface.
• "targetTouches", optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact that is touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event.
• "changedTouches", optional and defaulting to [], of type Touch[], that is a list of objects for every point of contact which contributed to the event.
• "ctrlKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that indicates if the ctrl key was simultaneously pressed.
• "shiftKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that indicates if the shift key was simultaneously pressed.
• "altKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that indicates if the alt key was simultaneously pressed.
• "metaKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that indicates if the meta key was simultaneously pressed.

The TouchEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from UIEventInit and from EventInit dictionaries.

• TouchEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.