HTML | DOM touchcancel Event

The touchcancel event is used to execute a script when the touch event gets interrupted.
It is considered a good practice to include the touchcancel event to clean up the code if the devices interrupt a touch event at different actions.
Supported Tags

All HTML elements supported by this event.

Supported Tags

<details>

Syntax:

object.ontouchcancel = myScript;

Below program illustrates the touchcancel event :
Example-1: Executing a JavaScript when a touch is interrupted.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>touchcancel Event in HTML</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
        
        h2 {
            font-family: Impact;
        }
        
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>touchcancel Event</h2>
    <br>

    <p ontouchcancel="cancel()">
      Touch somewhere in the paragraph while
      you do something that will interrupt the event.</p>


    <br>

    <p id="test"></p>



    <script>
        function cancel() {
          
            document.getElementById(
              "test").innerHTML = 
              "Touch Cancelled due to interruption";
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output:
Before touching the screen:

After touching the screen:

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome 22 and above
Firefox 52 and above
Edge 12 and above

HTML | DOM touchcancel Event

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