gotpointercapture

Summary

Dispatched prior to the dispatch of the first event after pointer capture is set for a pointer. See the PointerEvent object.

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	Yes
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	No
Default action	None

This event is dispatched to the element that is receiving pointer capture. Subsequent events for that pointer will be dispatched to this element. See [setPointerCapture](/dom/Element/setPointerCapture).

Related specifications

Pointer Events

Working Draft

See also

Other articles

code.MSDN Pointers and Gestures Example

Feature Detection and Touch Support Testing

Hand.js - A polyfill for supporting pointer events on every browser.

PointerEvents Polyfill on Github

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [gotpointercapture Event Article]

• Portions of this content come from HTML5Rocks! [Using touch and mouse article]