Element: touchend event

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The touchend event fires when one or more touch points are removed from the touch surface. Remember that it is possible to get a touchcancel event instead.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("touchend", (event) => { })

ontouchend = (event) => { }

Event type

A TouchEvent. Inherits from Event.

Event UIEvent TouchEvent

Examples

Code samples for those events are available on the dedicated page: Touch events.

Specifications

Specification
Touch Events
# event-touchend
Touch Events
# dom-globaleventhandlers-ontouchend

Browser compatibility

See also