Question

I want to register anytime a user touches a certain “button” element. This can, for example, be by tapping it or by putting a finger down on it or by putting a finger down outside the element and then gliding into it. This element needs to be more sensitive than an actual form button.

I register the first two with touchstart:

$("id=button]").live('touchstart', function() {...})

But nothing seems to register the gliding-into-the-element motion. I have tried touchmove and touchenter.

Answer 1

Instead of listening for events on the specific element, I ended up listening for touch events on the whole body and then checking whether the touch coordinates are within the element’s coordinates.