HTML | DOM touchmove Event

Last Updated : 10 Jun, 2022

The touchmove event is used to execute a script when the user moves the finger across the screen.
It works only on touch screen devices and triggers once for every movement and continues to trigger until the finger is released.
Supported Tags

All HTML elements supported by this event.

Syntax:

object.ontouchmove = myScript;

Below program illustrates the touchmove event:
Example: Executing a JavaScript when a user moves the finger over a P element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>touchmove Event in HTML</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
         
        h2 {
            font-family: Impact;
        }
         
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>touchmove Event</h2>
    <br>
 
    <p ontouchmove="move(event)">
      Touch somewhere in the paragraph and then 
      move the finger to trigger a function that
      will display the x and y coordinates of the touch.
  </p>
 
 
    <br>
 
    <p id="test"></p>
 
 
 
    <script>
        function move(event) {
           
            var X = event.touches[0].clientX;
           
            var Y = event.touches[0].clientY;
           
            document.getElementById(
              "test").innerHTML = X + ", " + Y;
        }
    </script>
 
</body>
 
</html>