Touch: radiusX property

A number.

This example illustrates using the Touch interface's Touch.radiusX, Touch.radiusX and Touch.rotationAngle properties. The Touch.radiusX property is the radius of the ellipse which most closely circumscribes the touching area (e.g. finger, stylus) along the axis indicated by the touch point's Touch.rotationAngle. Likewise, the Touch.radiusY property is the radius of the ellipse which most closely circumscribes the touching area (e.g. finger, stylus) along the axis perpendicular to that indicated by Touch.rotationAngle. The Touch.rotationAngle is the angle (in degrees) that the ellipse described by radiusX and radiusY is rotated clockwise about its center.

The following simple code snippet, registers a single handler for the touchstart, touchmove and touchend events. When the src element is touched, the element's width and height will be calculate based on the touch point's radiusX and radiusY values and the element will then be rotated using the touch point's rotationAngle.

<div id="src">…</div>

const src = document.getElementById("src");

src.addEventListener("touchstart", rotate);
src.addEventListener("touchmove", rotate);
src.addEventListener("touchend", rotate);

function rotate(e) {
  const touch = e.changedTouches.item(0);

  // Turn off default event handling
  e.preventDefault();

  // Rotate element 'src'.
  src.style.width = `${touch.radiusX * 2}px`;
  src.style.height = `${touch.radiusY * 2}px`;
  src.style.transform = `rotate(${touch.rotationAngle}deg)`;
}