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Re: ontouchstart and iOS

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On 8/11/2011 1:33 PM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I've set this handler
>
> window.ontouchstart = myFunc;
>
> and it triggers on iOS 5 devices but seems to be ignored on iOS 4
> devices. I don't get any errors it just seems to be ignored. Attaching
> ontouchstart to BODY gets ignored by both iOS 4 and 5.
>
> Is there a reliable way to get iOS to recognise ontouchstart anywhere on
> the page?

I'm now testing

document.ontouchstart = myFunc;

and

document.documentElement.ontouchstart = myFunc;

and both seem to work. Alas I don't understand why 'window' partly 
works, 'body' fails, and 'document' works.

Andrew Poulos

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ontouchstart and iOS Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-08 13:33 +1100
  Re: ontouchstart and iOS Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-08 14:22 +1100
    Re: ontouchstart and iOS David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 03:26 -0800
  Re: ontouchstart and iOS David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 03:13 -0800

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