ontouch onclick and ios

Date	2011-11-03 16:11 +1100
From	Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	ontouch onclick and ios
Message-ID	<c86dneOQb4QFvy_TnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@westnet.com.au> (permalink)

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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
- why preventDefault is needed

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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