Angular.js: Unwatch a particular $swipe event

[matthieusieben]

I am using the $swipe service to implement a drag and drop functionality. But in the case there is nothing under the mouse when the start event is triggered, I am not interested in subsequent move & end events. This is no big deal since a can keep a variable to determine if an element is currently being dragged.

However, when I try to select some text, the $swipe listeners are triggered, which means that the event gets defaultPrevented, preventing me to select my text.

It would be nice if we could either:

• cancel the calls to the listeners (up until next 'start') if the start listeners returns false.
• not call automatically event.preventDefault(); and let the callback do it instead.

[Narretz]

I'm closing this issue since the ngTouch module will be deprecated in AngularJS 1.7.0, and we will not do any more work on it. This is because touch handling is a complex topic, and there are stand-alone libraries that are better equipped to handle all the nuances and edge cases. For example, https://hammerjs.github.io/, which is also used by Angular.

[matthieusieben]

• [x] Wait long enough for the feature to be deprecated
• [x] Mark issue as resolved