How to detect a touch screen device using JavaScript

Question

I've written a jQuery plug-in that's for use on both desktop and mobile devices. I wondered if there is a way with JavaScript to detect if the device has touch screen capability. I'm using jquery-mobile.js to detect the touch screen events and it works on iOS, Android etc., but I'd also like to write conditional statements based on whether the user's device has a touch screen.

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

Use this:

function is_touch_device() {  
  try {  
    document.createEvent("TouchEvent");  
    return true;  
  } catch (e) {  
    return false;  
  }  
}

console.log(is_touch_device());

Hope it helps!!

Thank you!!