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Re: ontouch onclick and ios

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On 3/11/2011 4:11 PM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I have this in a page
>
> function touchStart(event) {
> event.preventDefault();
>
> // more code here...
> }
>
> window.ontouchstart = touchStart;
>
> What I don't understand is:
> - why the preventDefault on line 2 also kills the onclick event on iOS

To answer my own question it seems that preventing the default on a 
touch start event consumes (if that's the right term) the onclick event 
as well.

> - why preventDefault is needed

And prevent default stops swipes dragging the page about.

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One new question though. If the current code uses onclick is there a way 
to have them all replaced/changed with ontouchstart without having to 
manually go through and edit the code?
So , for example,
  elem.onclick = a;
would become
  elem.ontouchstart = a;

Andrew Poulos

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ontouch onclick and ios Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-03 16:11 +1100
  Re: ontouch onclick and ios Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-03 18:02 +1100
    Re: ontouch onclick and ios Ross McKay <au.org.zeta.at.rosko@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-03 18:15 +1100
  Re: ontouch onclick and ios Ross McKay <au.org.zeta.at.rosko@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-03 18:05 +1100
  Re: ontouch onclick and ios David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 07:37 -0700

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