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Touch: identifier property

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The Touch.identifier returns a value uniquely identifying this point of contact with the touch surface. This value remains consistent for every event involving this finger’s (or stylus’s) movement on the surface until it is lifted off the surface.

Value

A long that represents the unique ID of the Touch object.

Examples

someElement.addEventListener("touchmove", (e) => {
  // Iterate through the list of touch points that changed
  // since the last event and print each touch point's identifier.
  for (let i = 0; i < e.changedTouches.length; i++) {
    console.log(
      `changedTouches[${i}].identifier = ${e.changedTouches[i].identifier}`,
    );
  }
});

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.