What's the best way to detect a 'touch screen' device using JavaScript?

Question

I\'ve written a jQuery plug-in that\'s for use on both desktop and mobile devices. I wondered if there is a way with JavaScript to detect if the device has touch screen capa

Answer 1

Working Fiddle

I have achieved it like this;

function isTouchDevice(){
    return true == ("ontouchstart" in window || window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch);
}

if(isTouchDevice()===true) {
    alert('Touch Device'); //your logic for touch device
}
else {
    alert('Not a Touch Device'); //your logic for non touch device
}