Javascript event fired on long press/tap on tablets

Question

I am developing a website using RWD priciples and it is supposed to self adjust and work in both desktop and in tablets, and eventually in Mobiles as well.

I know in android development we can catch a long tap event and do some actions.

But my question is that, is it possible to do it in HTML/HTML5 and javascript?

Basically looking for a predefined event which gets fired on long press on html elements.

I have gone through This and understood all the alternatives suggested. Looking if anything new has been introduced in HTML5.
Thanks

Answer 1

Might check out pointer.js from Mozilla. Apparently somewhat standardizes the touch/ mouse events into a single event type. Probably better than using timeouts, I'd imagine.