Touch: screenX property

{{ APIRef("Touch Events") }}

Returns the X coordinate of the touch point relative to the screen, not including any scroll offset.

Value

A number.

Examples

This example illustrates how to access the {{domxref("Touch")}} object's Touch.screenX and {{domxref("Touch.screenY")}} properties. The Touch.screenX property is the horizontal (x) coordinate of a touch point relative to the screen in CSS pixels. The {{domxref("Touch.screenY")}} property is the vertical coordinate of a touch point relative to the screen in CSS pixels.

In following simple code snippet, we assume the user initiates multiple touch contacts on an element with an id of source and then releases contacts with the surface. When the {{domxref("Element/touchstart_event", "touchstart")}} event handler is invoked, each touch point's Touch.screenX and {{domxref("Touch.screenY")}} coordinates are accessed.

// Register a touchstart listeners for the 'source' element
const src = document.getElementById("source");

src.addEventListener("touchstart", (e) => {
  // Iterate through the touch points and log each screenX/Y coordinate.
  // The unit of each coordinate is CSS pixels.
  for (let i = 0; i < e.touches.length; i++) {
    console.log(`touchpoint[${i}].screenX = ${e.touches[i].screenX}`);
    console.log(`touchpoint[${i}].screenY = ${e.touches[i].screenY}`);
  }
});

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