Click vs touch on mobile devices in JS

Question

When comparing the following 2 event listeners:

$("#button").click(myFunc);

and

$("#button").on("touchstart", myFunc);

Why is a touchscreen device's response to the click event slower than the touch event, what determines this ie the order of operations.

Answer 1

You don't have a click until your finger releases its pressure. The click is a consequence of touchend , not touchstart .

Most often there's also a delay between the touchend and the click so that a double tap can be detected (then a click event isn't sent).