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.
Supported Tags
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 >
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Output:
Before touching the screen:
After touching the screen:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 22 and above
- Firefox 52 and above
- Edge 12 and above
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