HTML | DOM touchcancel Event

Last Updated : 13 Jun, 2022

The touchcancel event is used to execute a script when the touch event gets interrupted.
It is considered a good practice to include the touchcancel event to clean up the code if the devices interrupt a touch event at different actions.
Supported Tags

All HTML elements supported by this event.

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Syntax:

object.ontouchcancel = myScript;

Below program illustrates the touchcancel event :
Example-1: Executing a JavaScript when a touch is interrupted.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>touchcancel Event in HTML</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
         
        h2 {
            font-family: Impact;
        }
         
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>touchcancel Event</h2>
    <br>
 
    <p ontouchcancel="cancel()">
      Touch somewhere in the paragraph while
      you do something that will interrupt the event.</p>
 
 
    <br>
 
    <p id="test"></p>
 
 
 
    <script>
        function cancel() {
           
            document.getElementById(
              "test").innerHTML = 
              "Touch Cancelled due to interruption";
        }
    </script>
 
</body>
 
</html>