Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The MSGestureHold event is fired when the user contacts the touch surface and remains in the same position for a while.
General info
- Specification
- Not part of any specification. Microsoft has a description on MSDN
- Interface
MSGestureEvent- Bubbles
- Unknown
- Cancelable
- Unknown
- Target
- Element
- Default Action
- Unknown
Properties
This event has the properties of an MSGestureEvent.
detail
The UIEvent.detail property of an MSGestureHold event has 3 possible values:
MSGESTURE_FLAG_BEGIN- This value indicates that the user started contacting the touch surface.
MSGESTURE_FLAG_END- This value indicates that the user has stopped touching the touch surface.
MSGESTURE_FLAG_END & MSGESTURE_FLAG_CANCEL(bitwise AND-ed together)- This value indicates that the user has moved their finger, regardless of whether they also stopped touching the touch surface
Global event handler
GlobalEventHandlers.onmsgesturehold
Browser compatibility
This event is supported in Internet Explorer 10+ and Microsoft Edge.