Detecting that the browser has no mouse and is touch-only

Question

I\'m developing a webapp (not a website with pages of interesting text) with a very different interface for touch (your finger hides the screen when you click) and mouse (re

Answer 1

A simple solution in jQuery to detect mouse usage, which solves the issue where mobile devices also trigger 'mousemove' event. Simply add a touchstart listener to remove the mousemove listener, so that it doesn't get triggered on touch.

$('body').one('touchstart.test', function(e) {
  // Remove the mousemove listener for touch devices
  $('body').off('mousemove.test');
}).one('mousemove.test', function(e) {
  // MOUSE!
});

Of course, the device could still be touch AND mouse, but the above will guarantee that a real mouse was used.