jtap v0.3.3

jTap

Additional event for jQuery processing touching to screen on touch devices.

Those who are faced with adaptation of web-based applications for mobile devices knows that the event "click" is triggered with a delay of 300ms, observe which not very pleasant. In addition, click on non-delegated place of document will not work. To solve these problems and was designed by jQuery Tap Event.

Usage

Include the plugin file on the page:

<script src="jquery.tap.js"></script>

and set an event handler as follows:

$('selector').on('tap', handler);

Note: A noteworthy feature of plugin is a versatility. No matter where you are using the "tap" event: on a device with a touch screen or on a desktop computer - the handler will be executed disparately.

Changelog

Version 0.3.1, February 7, 2016:

• fixed an issue when mousedown and mouseup events is triggering on mobile devices;
• plugin is available as NPM package now.

Version 0.3.0, January 31, 2016:

• fixed an issue #1: redesigned preventDefault handling.

Version 0.2.9, June 2, 2014:

• fixed an issue #2: undelegate event works incorrect.

Version 0.2.8, May 27, 2014:

• was removed the checking of "ontouchstart" in document, because newest versions of browsers contains this property in document for any format of the computer;
• the library was oriented for jQuery 1.6 or higher.

Version 0.2.7, March 17, 2014:

• added support of jQuery >= 1.4.x

Version 0.2.6, March 14, 2014:

• made the code refactoring;
• updated the license and demonstration.

Version 0.2.5, November 17, 2013:

• fixed an issue #1: method preventDefault doesn't worked, because the tap event constructed by mousedown/mouseup or touchstart/touchend events and they can not to be prevented.

Version 0.2.4, August 22, 2013:

• first public version.

Thank you

• @asakasinsky, for the bug report #1 - November 17, 2013.
• @egorogl, for the bug report #2 - May 29, 2014.
• @manchunw, for the bug report #1 - January 31, 2016.

Licence

jTap is licensed under the MIT license.

Links

• Demonstration: http://BR0kEN-.github.io/jTap
• Plugin page: http://plugins.jquery.com/jTap
• Presentational publication (ru): http://habrahabr.ru/post/191078