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Activate touch events on Chrome 71+

I want to activate touch events on Chrome to facilitate the debugging of an app that uses touchstart and touchend events.

It seems this post is a bit outdated because I cannot get the Overrides menu when I go to the developer settings, not on Chrome nor on Chrome Developer. This is what I get on Chrome Dev 73:

settings

I've searched thoroughly in the settings but no sight of this checkbox. I've seen no up-to-date tutorial to activate them. How can I do?

Thank you for your help.

Solution

  • Two methods in the devtools:

    1. Press Escape to show the drawer at the bottom. Choose menu > Sensors. At the bottom, set Touch = Force enabled.

    2. Turn on Device Toolbar (second button at the top). Choose menu > Add device type. Set it to either "Mobile" or "Desktop (touch)".

    Both of these should enable touch events.