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How to enable touch events on pjax library?


I am developing a site where I use Pjax library (a port of jquery pjax). However the touch events don't go through. I am using Pjax like so:

var pjax = new Pjax({ selectors: ["head title", "body"] })

and also have some animations:

document.addEventListener('pjax:send', function(){
  var $main = document.querySelector('main')
  $main.style.opacity = 0
})

document.addEventListener('pjax:complete', function(){
  var $main = document.querySelector('main')
  $main.style.visibility = 'hidden'
  $main.style.opacity = 0
  setTimeout(function(){
    document.querySelector('main').style.visibility = 'visible'
    document.querySelector('main').style.opacity = 1
    attach_menu_control()
  }, 10)
})

I need it to work on mobile. The site is www.saulesinterjerai.lt (can be buggy)


Solution

  • I found the solution, it works by redirecting touch event to click event like this:

    if (is_touch_device()) {
      var all_links = document.querySelectorAll('a[href]')
      var event = new Event('click');
    
      for (var index = 0 ; index < all_links.length ; ++index) {
        all_links[index].addEventListener("touchend", function() {
          all_links[index].dispatchEvent(event)
        });
      }
    }
    
    function is_touch_device() {
      return 'ontouchstart' in window        // works on most browsers 
          || navigator.maxTouchPoints;       // works on IE10/11 and Surface
    }