Tap

  
  

Using the Tap Gesture

Tap is the equivalent of a mouse click event. To register a tap event, a finger must touch down on the screen and then lift up again within a limited time period and a limited spatial area on the surface. This ensures that the touch registered is actually a tap.

Mechanics and Code Samples

To register a ‘tap’ event, a finger must touch down on the screen and then quickly be lifted up.

Enable the Tap gesture on a TouchSprite (“myTouchSprite” in this example) by adding the gesture to the gestureList property for the TouchSprite:

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myTouchSprite.gestureList = {"tap":true};

Register an event for the gesture by listening for the ‘TAP’ GWGestureEvent:

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myTouchSprite.addEventListener(GWGestureEvent.TAP, gestureTapHandler);

Finally, implement the script(s) that you want to respond to the event in a custom handler:

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private function gestureTapHandler(event:GWGestureEvent):void
{
trace("g tap (local): ",event.value.local.x, event.value.local.y);
trace("g tap (stage): ",event.value.stage.x, event.value.stage.y);
}

In this example, the (local and stage/global) x and y coordinates of the Tap gesture are being sent to the Output window.

Gestures can be utilized with a number of touch points. For detailed information about this gesture and more, consult the GestureML Wiki.