jQuery Mobile tap Event

Last Updated : 28 Dec, 2020

jQuery Mobile is a web-based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets, and desktops. The tap event in jQuery Mobile is fired when an element area receives a quick and full touch event. We can use this event for different purposes.

Syntax:

jQuery(".selector").on("tap", 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:

HTML

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

Output:

Example 2:

HTML

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