vanilla-gesture

Configurable vanilla input handler for swipe, click, double-click, long-click that works with both mouse and touch.

rationale

I decided to expand on https://www.npmjs.com/package/clicked to add additional gestures as a replacement for the seemingly defunct hammer.js. I plan to add a few more gestures as I need them (viz., pinch) Let me know if you have other suggested gestures.

usage

import { clicked, swipe } from 'vanilla-gesture'

or

const { clicked, swipe } = require('vanilla-gesture')

demo

https://davidfig.github.io/vanilla-gesture/

example

import { clicked, swipe } from 'vanilla-gesture'

function handleClick()
{
   console.log('I was clicked.')
}
const div = document.getElementById('clickme')
const c = clicked(div, handleClick, { threshold: 15 })

// change callback
c.callback = () => console.log('different clicker')

// destroy
c.destroy()

// using built-in querySelector
clicked('#clickme', handleClick2)

// support for all types of clicks
function handleAllClicks(e) {
    switch (e.type)
    {
        case 'clicked': ...
        case 'double-clicked': ...
        case 'long-clicked': ...
    }
    // view UIEvent that caused callback
    console.log(e.event)
}
clicked('#clickme', handleAllClicks, { doubleClick: true, longClick: true })

function handleAllSwipes(results) {
    console.log('swiping', results.direction)
}

swipe('#clickme', handleAllSwipes, { direction: 'horizontal' })

API

clicked(element, callback, options) : Clicked

creates Clicked object for element

name	type	default	description
element	HTMLElement or string		element or querySelector entry (e.g., #id-name or .class-name)
callback	ClickedCallback		callback called after clicked
[options]	object		optional options
[options].clicked	boolean	true	dispatch event for clicked
[options].threshold	number	10	threshold of movement to cancel all events
[options.mouse]	boolean or 'left' or 'right' 'middle' or 'left-right' or 'left-middle' or 'right-middle'	true	whether to listen for mouse events; can also be used to set which mouse buttons are active
[options.touch]	boolean or number	1	whether to listen for touch events; can also be used to set the number of touch points to accept
[options.doubleClick]	boolean	false	dispatch events for double click
[options.doubleClickTime]]	number	500	wait time in millseconds for double click
[options.longClick]]	boolean	false	enable watcher for long click
[options.longClickTime]]	boolean	500	wait time for long click
[options.clickDown]	boolean	dispatch event for click down (ie, after touchstart or mousedown callback will be called with type 'click-down')
[options.capture]	boolean	false	events will be dispatched to this registered listener before being dispatched to any EventTarget beneath it in the DOM tree

Clicked

returned by clicked(...)

Clicked.destroy()

removes clicked event on element and cleans up Gesture if no more gestures

Clicked.callback (function): ClickedCallback

name	type	description
event	MouseEvent or TouchEvent	mouse or touch event that triggered callback
type	'clicked' or 'double-clicked' or 'long-clicked' or 'click-down'	type of click

Clicked.cancel()

cancel any outstanding events

swipe(element, callback, options) : Swipe

creates Swipe object for element

name	type	default	description
element	HTMLElement or string		element or querySelector query string (e.g., #id-name or .class-name)
[options]	object		optional options
[options.direction]	'all'	'horizontal'	'vertical'
[options.mouse]	boolean	'left'	'center'
[options.touch]	boolean	number	true
[options.threshold]	number	20 threshold of movement (in px) to register a swipe
[options.singleSwipe	boolean	true	only allow 1 swipe per mousedown/touchstart, otherwise keep the swipe active; note that a simultaneous horizontal and vertical swipe may happen

Swipe

returned by swipe(...)

Swipe.destroy()

removes swipe event on element and cleans up Gesture if no more gestures

Swipe.callback (function): CancelCallback

Swipe.cancel()

cancel any outstanding events

demo

npm run demo

Open browser to https://localhost:1234/

license

MIT License (c) 2021 YOPEY YOPEY LLC by David Figatner