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jQuery Mobile swipeleft Event

jQuery Mobile swipeleft event is fired when we swipe left in the element area. We can use this event for different purposes.

Syntax:



jQuery( ".selector" ).on( "swipeleft", function( event ) {  } )

Approach: First, add jQuery mobile scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css” />
<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js”></script>



Example 1:




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
  
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).on('swipeleft', 'a', function() {
            console.log('swipeleft event fired');
        })
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h4>swipeleft Event using jQuery Mobile</h4>
    </center>
  
    <a data-role="button" id="gfg">click</a>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2:




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
  
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).on('swipeleft', 'a', function(event) {
            console.log(event)
        })
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h4>swipeleft Event using jQuery Mobile</h4>
    </center>
  
    <a data-role="button" id="gfg">click</a>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:


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