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jpdevries on 08/03/10


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isTouchDevice()

 / Published in: JavaScript
 

Google Chrome 5.0.375.125 on Mac OS X 10.6 presents itself returns true for this function, even though its not really a touch device?

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  1. function isTouchDevice() {
  2.    var el = document.createElement('div');
  3.    el.setAttribute('ontouchmove', 'return;');
  4.    if(typeof el.ontouchmove == "function"){
  5.       return true;
  6.    }else {
  7.       return false
  8.    }
  9. }

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Posted By: bayxsonic on August 4, 2010

Or the shorter: function isTouchDevice() { var el = document.createElement('div'); el.setAttribute('ontouchmove', 'return;'); return typeof el.ontouchmove == "function"; }

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