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Fractional TouchEvent co-ordinates

Category

User input

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 37)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Updates co-ordinates returned by TouchEvent objects to include the full precision provided by the underlying platform.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webevents/raw-file/v1-errata/touchevents.html
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: Positive
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=379150

Docs: http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/09/Precision-Touch-for-Precise-Gestures

Samples: http://www.rbyers.net/paint.html#points http://jsbin.com/idojig/2/quiet

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