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Ship PointerEvent.tangentialPressure and PointerEvent.twist

Category
DOM
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 58)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Adding support of tangentialPressure and twist attributes in the pointer events API on Mac. They are supported by some stylus devices and are already used in numerous painting apps.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/70 https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/25 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tangentialPressure https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/twist

Samples: https://output.jsbin.com/pahefaz/quiet/

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