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Is there a way to detect child elements inside parent when ontouchmove event handler is attached to parent? [Solved]

So here "main" is the parent div to which ontouchmove handler is attached ,and its child are 1800 div with different Colors ,when I move across the main div ,only first element is detected , https://code.sololearn.com/WoCwOfY3UeqR/?ref=app

26th Sep 2020, 10:11 AM
Abhay
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It appears you can't get the element that a touch moves over to a touchmove event in a straightforward way. After some googling, I have found it is possible to take the coordinates of a touchevent, and find which element is at that point. Try changing your ontouchmove event handler to this: m.ontouchmove=(e)=>{ let x = e.touches[0].pageX; let y = e.touches[0].pageY; var cl=getComputedStyle(document.elementFromPoint(x, y)).backgroundColor; c_color.style.backgroundColor=cl; }
26th Sep 2020, 11:36 AM
Russ
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No worries. An extra tip; if you add e.preventDefault(); to the touchstart function, you can stop the screen scrolling as you drag your finger around. 👍
26th Sep 2020, 12:06 PM
Russ
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Russ thank you so much !
26th Sep 2020, 11:59 AM
Abhay
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Russ wow I came across that attribute but didn't cared about how would it helped me ,but it's really a nice way to stop scrolling of screen ,ty again
26th Sep 2020, 12:20 PM
Abhay
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