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Re: Differentiate between touch start and click

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On 17/09/2016 8:06 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>
>> I have a touchstart event and a click event both triggering this function
>
> You should not.  AISB, “touchstart” is equivalent to “mousedown” and
> “pointerdown”; ”click” is equivalent to “touchstart” followed by
> “touchend”, or “pointerdown” followed by “pointerup”, instead.

While they have been times I have pressed a button on my mouse only to 
change my mind before I release the button I have never touched a 
touch-enabled device and have changed my mind before I lifted my finger. 
So for me "touchstart" seems appropriate.

>> To tell whether it was a touchstart or a click I'm using
>>    (e.type != "click")
>> is that the right way to differentiate between the two or should I have
>> two smaller functions (one for each event) which then pass on the
>> relevant values to checkTrigger?
>
> No.

No to which one: the former, the latter, or both?

Andrew Poulos

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Differentiate between touch start and click Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-16 18:26 +1000
  Re: Differentiate between touch start and click Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-09-16 11:25 +0100
  Re: Differentiate between touch start and click Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-17 00:06 +0200
    Re: Differentiate between touch start and click Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-18 19:25 +1000

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