PointerEvent.constructor

The PointerEvent() constructor creates a new synthetic and untrusted PointerEvent.

Syntax

 event = new PointerEvent(type, PointerEventInit);

Arguments

type

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event (see PointerEvent event types).

PointerEventInitOptional

Is a PointerEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "pointerId", optional and defaulting to "0", of type long, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "width", optional and defaulting to "1", of type double, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "height", optional and defaulting to "1", of type double, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "pressure", optional and defaulting to "0", of type float, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "tiltX", optional and defaulting to "0", of type long, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "tiltY", optional and defaulting to "0", of type long, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "pointerType", optional and defaulting to "", of type DOMString, that sets the value of PointerEvent.
• "isPrimary", optional and defaulting to "false", of type Boolean, that sets the value of PointerEvent.

The PointerEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from the MouseEvent, UIEventInit and EventInit dictionaries.

Example

var moveEvent = new PointerEvent("pointermove");

var downEvent = new PointerEvent("pointerdown", 
   {pointerId: 1,
    bubbles: true, 
    cancelable: true, 
    pointerType: "touch",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    isPrimary: true
   }); 

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Pointer Events – Level 2 The definition of 'PointerEvent' in that specification.	Working Draft	Non-stable version.
Pointer Events The definition of 'PointerEvent' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

[1] This feature is currently hidden behind a flag — to enable it and experiment, go to about:config and enable dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled.