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Visit hammerjs.github.io for detailed documentation.
// get a reference to an element
var stage = document.getElementById('stage');
// create a manager for that element
var mc = new Hammer.Manager(stage);
// create a recognizer
var Rotate = new Hammer.Rotate();
// add the recognizer
mc.add(Rotate);
// subscribe to events
mc.on('rotate', function(e) {
// do something cool
var rotation = Math.round(e.rotation);
stage.style.transform = 'rotate('+rotation+'deg)';
});
An advanced demo is available here: http://codepen.io/runspired/full/ZQBGWd/
Read the contributing guidelines.
For PRs.
You can get the pre-build versions from the Hammer.js website, or do this by yourself running
npm install -g grunt-cli && npm install && grunt build
Interact.js is a JavaScript library for drag and drop, resizing, and multi-touch gestures with inertia and snapping. It's similar to Hammer.js in providing touch gesture support but also offers additional functionalities like drag-and-drop and element resizing.
TouchSwipe is a jQuery plugin for handling touch events like swipe, tap, pinch, and more. It's similar to Hammer.js in terms of providing touch gesture recognition but is specifically designed for use with jQuery.
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A javascript library for multi-touch gestures
The npm package hammerjs receives a total of 1,049,386 weekly downloads. As such, hammerjs popularity was classified as popular.
We found that hammerjs demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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