i'm trying to implement a touch listener for tablets to trigger some actions depending whether it touchmoved upwards or downwards.
I tried the native listener:
($document).bind('touchmove', function (e)
{
alert("it worked but i don't know the direction");
});
But i don't know how to determine the direction.
Is this possible?
Or do i need to use touchstart/touchend, if I need this can I determine the direction before the touch movement stops?
If I can only do this with an external library, what's the best one?
thanks.
I had some issues in Ipad and solved it with two events
var ts;
$(document).bind('touchstart', function (e){
ts = e.originalEvent.touches[0].clientY;
});
$(document).bind('touchend', function (e){
var te = e.originalEvent.changedTouches[0].clientY;
if(ts > te+5){
slide_down();
}else if(ts < te-5){
slide_up();
}
});
You need to save the last position of the touch, then compare it to the current one.
Rough example:
var lastY;
$(document).bind('touchmove', function (e){
var currentY = e.originalEvent.touches[0].clientY;
if(currentY > lastY){
// moved down
}else if(currentY < lastY){
// moved up
}
lastY = currentY;
});
Aureliano's answer seems to be really accurate, but somehow it didn't work for me, so giving him the credits I decided to improve his answer with the following:
var ts;
$(document).bind('touchstart', function(e) {
ts = e.originalEvent.touches[0].clientY;
});
$(document).bind('touchmove', function(e) {
var te = e.originalEvent.changedTouches[0].clientY;
if (ts > te) {
console.log('down');
} else {
console.log('up');
}
});
I simply changed the 'touchend'
event for 'touchmove'
I have created a script that will ensure an element within your document will scroll without scrolling anything else, including the body. This works in a browser as well as a mobile device / tablet.
// desktop scroll
$( '.scrollable' ).bind( 'mousewheel DOMMouseScroll', function ( e ) {
var e0 = e.originalEvent,
delta = e0.wheelDelta || -e0.detail;
this.scrollTop += delta * -1;
e.preventDefault();
});
var lastY;
var currentY;
// reset touch position on touchstart
$('.scrollable').bind('touchstart', function (e){
var currentY = e.originalEvent.touches[0].clientY;
lastY = currentY;
e.preventDefault();
});
// get movement and scroll the same way
$('.scrollable').bind('touchmove', function (e){
var currentY = e.originalEvent.touches[0].clientY;
delta = currentY - lastY;
this.scrollTop += delta * -1;
lastY = currentY;
e.preventDefault();
});
This solution takes into account change in directions which the current answers does not. The solution below also takes care of touch sensitivity; this when the user is moving in one direction but on touch end the users finger nudges in a different direction messing up the actual direction.
var y = 0; //current y pos
var sy = y; //previous y pos
var error = 5; //touch sensitivity, I found between 4 and 7 to be good values.
function move(e) {
//get current y pos
y = e.pageY;
//ingnore user jitter
if (Math.abs(y - sy) > error) {
//find direction of y
if (y > sy) {
//move down
} else {
//move up
}
//store current y pos
sy = y;
}
}