Touch events

Method of registering when, where and how the interface is touched, for devices with a touch screen. These DOM events are similar to mousedown, mousemove, etc.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/
Status	W3C Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9	97	96	98	15.1	81
8	96	95	97	15	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1	79
6	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18 ⁽³⁾	78	79	6	63
	17 ⁽³⁾	77	78	5.1	62
	16 ⁽³⁾	76	77	5	60
	15 ⁽³⁾	75	76	4	58
	14 ⁽³⁾	74	75	3.2	57
	13 ⁽³⁾	73	74	3.1	56
	12 ⁽³⁾	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51 ⁽¹⁾	52		34
		50 ⁽¹⁾	51		33
		49 ⁽¹⁾	50		32
		48 ⁽¹⁾	49		31
		47 ⁽¹⁾	48		30
		46 ⁽¹⁾	47		29
		45 ⁽¹⁾	46		28
		44 ⁽¹⁾	45		27
		43 ⁽¹⁾	44		26
		42 ⁽¹⁾	43		25
		41 ⁽¹⁾	42		24
		40 ⁽¹⁾	41		23
		39 ⁽¹⁾	40		22
		38 ⁽¹⁾	39		21
		37 ⁽¹⁾	38		20
		36 ⁽¹⁾	37		19
		35 ⁽¹⁾	36		18
		34 ⁽¹⁾	35		17
		33 ⁽¹⁾	34		16
		32 ⁽¹⁾	33		15
		31 ⁽¹⁾	32		12.1
		30 ⁽¹⁾	31		12
		29 ⁽¹⁾	30		11.6
		28 ⁽¹⁾	29		11.5
		27 ⁽¹⁾	28		11.1
		26 ⁽¹⁾	27		11
		25 ⁽¹⁾	26		10.6
		24	25		10.5
		23	24		10.0-10.1
		22	23		9.5-9.6
		21	22		9
		20	21
		19	20
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4	all	99	10	64	100	98	11 ⁽²⁾	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		15.0
15.0-15.1		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8		4.2-4.3		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3		10					10.1
13.2		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Internet Explorer implements Pointer Events specification which supports more input devices than Touch Events one.

There is a library on GitHub that is working toward bringing W3C touch events to IE 10 and 11: https://github.com/CamHenlin/TouchPolyfill

Removed support in Firefox refers to desktop Firefox only.

Can be enabled in Firefox using the dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled flag (disabled by default for site compatibility reasons)
Supported on IE11 Mobile for phones with "Windows Phone 8.1 Update"
Can be enabled in Edge using the "Enable touch events" flag under about:flags

Bugs

Beware, android 2.3 and below do not detect multiple touches.
Firefox 4 & 5 support a non-standard implementation to achieve the same.

Resources

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Last Updated	2022-04-11T17:49:08Z