Swipe Left and Right events a button click

Question

For a simple two buttons like those

<button id="right" type="button">SWIPE RIGHT</button>
<button id="left" type="button">SWIPE LEFT</button>

How can i use JQuery or JavaScript to trigger a click on a button document.getElementById('#id').click(); When i swipe left or right.

And is that possible using PHP?

Side note: `document.getElementById('#id')` should be `document.getElementById('id')` without the # - the HTML should hold the # sign for the id. — Funk Forty Niner, Apr 18 '17 at 12:09
Do you want to activate a swipe on button pressed? Otherwise, why swipe? Could you explain better? — FFdeveloper, Apr 18 '17 at 12:31
@FFdeveloper For example to make a previous post or next post action, Just a normal swipe, No need for click to activate it. — Calibur Victorious, Apr 18 '17 at 12:46
@CaliburVictorious so you have to trigger the action of the next or previous button. You don't need any swipe if you use buttons to trigger actions. — FFdeveloper, Apr 18 '17 at 12:48
For small-devices touch screens, The button would be so small, that clicking it would be a pain. — Calibur Victorious, Apr 18 '17 at 12:49
So you have to attach swipe on the page and on the swipe left or right trigger the desired action. Link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2264072/detect-a-finger-swipe-through-javascript-on-the-iphone-and-android — FFdeveloper, Apr 18 '17 at 12:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:10

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Your code is a mix of JS an jQuery. It should be either of the below:

// Native:
document.getElementById('id').click();

// jQuery:
$('#id').click();

And is that possible using PHP?

No. PHP runs on the server and has no bearing on client events.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:10

Rory McCrossan

i just wrote #id to mention any id name i write for the element – Calibur Victorious Apr 18 '17 at 12:47
I get that - the important point is that you don't need the `#` prefix when using `getElementById()` – Rory McCrossan Apr 18 '17 at 13:33
i meant it as $. – Calibur Victorious Apr 18 '17 at 13:34
I have no idea what you're saying...? – Rory McCrossan Apr 18 '17 at 13:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:11

1

You can trigger the click event usiong the jQuery trigger function like this:

$('#id').trigger('click');

answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:11

Hulothe

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