---
title: touchstart
slug: Web/API/Element/touchstart_event
tags:
  - Event
  - Evento Toque
  - Toque
  - TouchEvent
translation_of: Web/API/Element/touchstart_event
---
<p><code>O evento touchstart</code> é acionado quando o ponteiro de toque<em>(dedo ou caneta)</em> é aplicado sobre à superfície de toque da tela<em>(toque sobre a tela no elemento alvo)</em>.</p>

<h2 id="Info_Geral">Info Geral</h2>

<dl>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Especificações</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;"><a class="external" href="http://w3c.github.io/touch-events/#event-touchstart">Touch Events</a></dd>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Interface</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;">{{domxref("TouchEvent")}}</dd>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Bubbles</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;">Sim</dd>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Cancelável</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;">Sim</dd>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Alvo</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;">Documento, Elemento</dd>
 <dt style="float: left; text-align: right; width: 120px;">Ação Padrão</dt>
 <dd style="margin: 0 0 0 120px;">undefined (indefinido)</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Propriedades">Propriedades</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Property</th>
   <th scope="col">Type</th>
   <th scope="col">Description</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>target</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>EventTarget</td>
   <td>The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>type</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>DOMString</td>
   <td>The type of event.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>bubbles</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>Boolean</td>
   <td>Whether the event normally bubbles or not.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>cancelable</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>Boolean</td>
   <td>Whether the event is cancellable or not.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>view</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>WindowProxy</td>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/defaultView" title="In browsers, document.defaultView returns the window object associated with a document, or null if none is available."><code>document.defaultView</code></a> (<code>window</code> of the document)</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>detail</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>long (float)</td>
   <td>0.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>touches</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>TouchList</td>
   <td>A list of <a href="/en/DOM/Touch"><code>Touch</code></a>es for every point of contact currently touching the surface.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>targetTouches</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>TouchList</td>
   <td>A list of <a href="/en/DOM/Touch"><code>Touch</code></a>es for every point of contact that is touching the surface and started on the element that is the target of the current event.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>changedTouches</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>TouchList</td>
   <td>A list of <a href="/en-US/docs/DOM/Touch"><code>Touch</code></a>es for every point of contact which contributed to the event.<br>
    For the touchstart event this must be a list of the touch points that just became active with the current event. For the touchmove event this must be a list of the touch points that have moved since the last event. For the touchend and touchcancel events this must be a list of the touch points that have just been removed from the surface.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>ctrlKey</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>boolean</td>
   <td><code>true</code> if the control key was down when the event was fired. <code>false</code> otherwise.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>shiftKey</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>boolean</td>
   <td><code>true</code> if the shift key was down when the event was fired. <code>false</code> otherwise.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>altKey</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>boolean</td>
   <td><code>true</code> if the alt key was down when the event was fired. <code>false</code> otherwise.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>metaKey</code> {{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>boolean</td>
   <td><code>true</code> if the meta key was down when the event was fired. <code>false</code> otherwise.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Exemplos">Exemplos</h2>

<p>Os códigos de exemplos para este evento estão disponíveis nesta página dedicada: <a href="/en-US/DOM/Touch_events">Touch events</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Compatibilidade com navegadores</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="pt"><span>Característica</span></span></th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Suporte básico</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome("22.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("18.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="pt"><span>Característica</span></span></th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Android Webview</th>
   <th>Chrome para Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Firefox OS</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Suporte básico</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("6.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>11</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="Eventos_Relacionados">Eventos Relacionados</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{ domxref("GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchstart","ontouchstart")}}</li>
</ul>