swipeleft eventversion added: 1.0
Description: Triggered when a swipe event occurs moving in the left direction.
jQuery( window ).on( "swipeleft", function( event ) { ... } )
Triggered when a horizontal drag of 30px or more (and less than 30px vertically) occurs within 1 second duration in the left direction. See the swipe event entry for more detailed information on the swipe event.
Example:
A simple example of the capturing and acting upon a swipeleft event
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>swipeleft demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
<style>
html, body { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
html, .ui-mobile, .ui-mobile body {
height: 105px;
}
.ui-mobile, .ui-mobile .ui-page {
min-height: 105px;
}
#nav {
font-size: 200%;
width:17.1875em;
margin:17px auto 0 auto;
}
#nav a {
color: #777;
border: 2px solid #777;
background-color: #ccc;
padding: 0.2em 0.6em;
text-decoration: none;
float: left;
margin-right: 0.3em;
}
#nav a:hover {
color: #999;
border-color: #999;
background: #eee;
}
#nav a.selected,
#nav a.selected:hover {
color: #0a0;
border-color: #0a0;
background: #afa;
}
div.box {
width: 30em;
height: 3em;
background-color: #108040;
}
div.box.swipeleft {
background-color: #7ACEF4;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Swipe the green rectangle in the left direction to change its color:</h3>
<div class="box"></div>
<script>
$(function(){
// Bind the swipeleftHandler callback function to the swipe event on div.box
$( "div.box" ).on( "swipeleft", swipeleftHandler );
// Callback function references the event target and adds the 'swipeleft' class to it
function swipeleftHandler( event ){
$( event.target ).addClass( "swipeleft" );
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>