simple-input-events

Unified mouse & touch event handler for desktop and mobile devices. Filters touch events down to a single finger and offsets the client position so it is relative to the target element.

const createInputEvents = require('simple-input-events');
 
// create input events with a target element
const event = createInputEvents(canvas);
 
event.on('down', ({ position, event }) => {
  // mousedown / touchstart
  console.log(position); // [ x, y ]
  console.log(event); // original mouse/touch event 
});
 
event.on('up', ({ position, event }) => {
  // mouseup / touchend
  console.log(position); // [ x, y ]
  console.log(event); // original mouse/touch event 
});
 
event.on('move', ({ position, event, inside, dragging }) => {
  // mousemove / touchmove
  console.log(position); // [ x, y ]
  console.log(event); // original mouse/touch event 
  console.log(inside); // true if the mouse/touch is inside the element
  console.log(dragging); // true if the pointer was down/dragging
});
 
event.on('tap', ({ position, event }) => {
  // mouse / finger was 'clicked'
  console.log(position); // [ x, y ]
});

See ./demo.js for an example.

Install

Use npm to install.

npm install simple-input-events --save

Usage

handler = createInputEvents([opt])

Creates input events with the below options opt (also accepts just a DOM element). By default, events are attached to window.

• target - (default window) the target element to attach events to
• parent - (default window) the parent element (usually window) to attach movement events, in order to detect drag events outside the target bounds
• preventDefault - (default false) if true, touch events will prevent default actions, typically useful for locking the page in place during tap events
• filtered - (default true) if true, finger events will be filtered down to a single finger, instead of allowing multiple fingers
• passive - (default true) if true, non-preventing events will use { passive: true } as an option
• tapDistanceThreshold - (default 5) a distance threshold in pixels for tap events — if the movement between "down" and "up" is below this threshold, and below the tapDelay, it will trigger a "tap" event
• tapDelay - (default 300) a delay in milliseconds for tap events — if the time between "down" and "up" is below this delay, and below tapDistanceThreshold, it will trigger a "tap" event

handler.on('down', ({ position, event, uv }))

Handles 'down' / pointer start events on the target.

• position is the [ x, y ] position relative to the top left of the target
• event is the original mouse or touch event
• uv is a normalized UV (unit) space coordinate between 0..1 i.e. position.xy / elementSize.xy

handler.on('up', ({ position, event, inside, uv }))

Handles 'up' / pointer end events on the target.

• position is the [ x, y ] position relative to the top left of the target
• event is the original mouse or touch event
• inside is true if the event occurred with the pointer inside the target bounds
• uv is a normalized UV (unit) space coordinate between 0..1 i.e. position.xy / elementSize.xy

handler.on('move', ({ position, event, inside, dragging, uv }))

Handles 'move' / drag events on the target.

• position is the [ x, y ] position relative to the top left of the target
• event is the original mouse or touch event
• inside is true if the event occurred with the pointer inside the target bounds (may be outside in touch drag events)
• dragging is true if the pointer is considerd 'down' or in a drag state
• uv is a normalized UV (unit) space coordinate between 0..1 i.e. position.xy / elementSize.xy

handler.on('tap', ({ position, event, uv }))

Handles a 'tap' event, which is considered an event where the user pushes and releases quickly (by default below a 300 ms window) with the cursor in the same position (by default within a 10 px radius).

• position is the [ x, y ] position relative to the top left of the target
• event is the original mouse or touch event
• uv is a normalized UV (unit) space coordinate between 0..1 i.e. position.xy / elementSize.xy

handler.disable()

Detaches events from the target/parent elements.

handler.enable()

Re-attaches events from the target/parent elements if they had been detached.

handler.target

The read-only target element for the input handler.

handler.parent

The read-only parent element for the input handler.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.md for details.