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PointerEvent.getCoalescedEvents

Category

User input

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 58)

Intent stage

None

Summary

An API to return all the coalesced events of the received events in javascript. This API enables apps like drawing app to draw smoother curves using the precise history of points.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#dom-pointerevent-getcoalescedevents
• Firefox: Positive
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/656781

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/getCoalescedEvents

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