TouchList: item() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The item() method returns the Touch object at the specified index in the TouchList.

Syntax

js
item(index)

Parameters

index

The index of the Touch object to retrieve. The index is a number in the range of 0 to one less than the length of the TouchList.

Return value

The requested Touch object from the TouchList. Returns null if the index is not less than the length of the list.

Examples

This code example illustrates the use of the TouchList interface's item method and the length property.

js
const target = document.getElementById("target");

target.addEventListener("touchstart", (ev) => {
  // If this touchstart event started on element target,
  // set touch to the first item in the targetTouches list;
  // otherwise set touch to the first item in the touches list
  const touch =
    ev.targetTouches.length >= 1
      ? ev.targetTouches.item(0)
      : ev.touches.item(0);
});

Specifications

Specification
Touch Events
# dom-touchlist-item

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
item
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 18 (Release date: 2018-10-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox 18 – 23 (Release date: 2013-01-08)
footnote Removed in 24 and later
footnote Removed in bug 888304 due to web compatibility issues.
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Partial support
footnote This interface is only exposed if a touch input device is detected.
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 6 (Release date: 2011-08-16)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 2 (Release date: 2008-07-11)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 2 (Release date: 2008-07-11)
footnote Full support

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