Deprecate and remove initTouchEvent

Category: User input
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Removed (Chrome 54)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Chrome’s initTouchEvent is not interoperable with Safari's or Firefox’s version of initTouchEvent. Deprecated since M49. Developers should use the new TouchEvent constructor. See https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4923255479599104

Standards & signals

Specification: http://w3c.github.io/touch-events/#touchevent-interface
Firefox: No signal
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/522100

Docs: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/02/chrome-49-deprecations?hl=en#use-of-inittouchevent-is-deprecated

Samples: https://output.jsbin.com/lohuwa https://w3c.github.io/touch-events/#firing-a-synthetic-touchevent-from-script

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