Feature request: optionally disable on desktop

[alexcroox]

It would be useful if we could optionally disable swipe actions on desktop, so that they only work if the user has a touch device.

The check would be something like:

isUsingTouchDevice: window && window.matchMedia('(any-pointer: coarse)').matches

and then exposed to users as:

Vue.use(Vue2TouchEvents, {
    disableSwipeOnDesktop: true
})

[euan-smith]

If this is done, I'd suggest disabling if touch is not present - I have a laptop with touch which I use. For a while many touch enabled pages didn't work on desktop because of the incorrect assumption that touch does not exist on desktop. It is best to decide these things on features present, rather than make assumptions.

[alexcroox]

@euan-smith what does window.matchMedia('(any-pointer: coarse)').matches return in your browser dev tools on that touch laptop?

[euan-smith]

true on FF and Chrome

[alexcroox]

thanks, no incorrect assumptions with that logic then

[euan-smith]

Sure, but probably rename to be {disableSwipeNoTouch: true} or similar to avoid misconceptions. An implementation based on your suggestion is fine - however other implementations which explicitly checked for desktop would also be possible. My comment was about the aim, which should be to disable swipe when touch is not present, rather than on desktop per-se.

[alexcroox]

agreed, good suggestion

[jerrybendy]

ah... So... how to do that?

[alexcroox]

exit early in your binding if that plugin config option is set and window.matchMedia('(any-pointer: coarse)').matches === true?

[jerrybendy]

Could you change it or send a PR ? Thank you