prevent touchstart when swiping

Question

I have a scrollable list on a mobile device. They want people to be able to scroll the list via swiping, and also select a row by tapping.

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Answer 1

jQuery Mobile has a .tap() event which seems to have the behavior you'd expect:

The jQuery Mobile tap event triggers after a quick, complete touch event that occurs on a single target object. It is the gesture equivalent of a standard click event that is triggered on the release state of the touch gesture.

This might not necessarily answer the question, but might be a useful alternative to some.