Trigger global touch/click events in javascript without specific target

Question

Since I'm searching for an answer for a while now and I'm still without any clue, I'll just describe my actual problem:

I need to build up automated touch/mouse gestures (tap,drag,pinch...) which I can fire on a webpage in order to test touch frameworks and their performance. Thus I want to trigger "global" touch/mouse events on a webpage with JavaScript without dispatching them from a specific element.

Does anyone know how I could achieve this or how these events are delegated in general?

Answer 1

If you need this just for the sake of emulating mobile touch actions on your browser, Chrome already has a tool for that. Check out Mobile Emulation .