The TouchEvent targetTouches property is a read-only property and used for returning an array of Touch objects. It returns one object for each finger that is touching the current target element.
Syntax :
event.targetTouches
Below program illustrates the TouchEvent targetTouches property :
Example: Finding out the number of fingers that touch an element.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< meta name="viewport"
content=" width = device -width, initial-scale = 1 ">
< head >
< title > TouchEvent targetTouches property in HTML
</ title >
< style >
#samplediv {
border: 1px solid green;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body ontouchstart="countTouches(event)"
ontouchend="countTouches(event)">
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 > TouchEvent targetTouches property </ h2 >
< br >
< p >The current element is touched by
< span id="touch">0</ span > fingers.</ p >
< script >
function countTouches(event) {
// Returning touched target.
var t = event.targetTouches.length;
document.getElementById("touch").innerHTML =
t;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output: After touching the screen:
After touching the screen:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 22 and above
- Edge 79 and above
- Firefox 52 and above
- Opera 15 and above
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Last Updated :
10 Jun, 2022
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