TouchTap
The TouchTap event fires when the user touches/taps their finger on the screen on a UserInputService/TouchEnabled|TouchEnabled device.
This event will fire regardless of whether the user touches/taps the game world or a GuiObject|GUI element. If you are looking for an event that only fires when the user touches/taps the game world, use UserInputService/TouchTapInWorld.
To check if a user’s device is TouchEnabled, and that touch events will fire, see UserInputService/TouchEnabled.
This event only fires when the Roblox client window is in focus. For example, inputs will not be captured when the window is minimized.
As this event only fires locally, it can only be used in a LocalScript.
See also
UserInputService/TouchTapInWorldUserInputService/TouchLongPressUserInputService/TouchMovedUserInputService/TouchPanUserInputService/TouchPinchUserInputService/TouchRotateUserInputService/TouchSwipeUserInputService/TouchStartedUserInputService/TouchEnded
Parameters
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Indicates whether the game engine internally observed this input and acted on it. Generally this refers to UI processing, so if a button was touched or clicked from this input, |
Code Samples
The Difference Between TouchTap and TouchLongPress
The code sample below demonstrates the difference between a UserInputService/TouchTap|TouchTap and UserInputService/TouchLongPress|TouchLongPress by creating a GuiObject|GUI Frame that appears when user touches the screen of their device and disappears when the UserInputEvent/TouchEnded|touch ends. When the long press event fires, the GUI doubles in size. Also, the GUI moves to stay centered under the user’s finger when the player moves their finger.
In order for the UserInputService/TouchLongPress|TouchLongPress to fire, the user touch the screen and hold their finger still for a short period of time. Once the touch moves, the long press event will not fire.
In order for the example to work as expected, it should be placed in a LocalScript that is parented to a ScreenGui.
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
-- The parent of this script (a ScreenGui)
local touchScreenGui = script.Parent
-- Create the GUI frame that the user interacts with through Touch
-- events
local touchGui = Instance.new("Frame")
touchGui.Name = "TouchGui"
touchGui.AnchorPoint = Vector2.new(0.5, 0.5)
-- Fires when the touches their device’s screen
local function TouchTap(touch, gameProcessedEvent)
touchGui.Parent = touchScreenGui
touchGui.Position = UDim2.new(0, touch.Position.X, 0, touch.Position.Y)
touchGui.Size = UDim2.new(0,50,0,50)
end
-- Fires when a user starts touching their device's screen and does not
-- move their finger for a short period of time
local function TouchLong(touchPositions, state, gameProcessedEvent)
touchGui.Size = UDim2.new(0,100,0,100)
end
-- Fires when the user moves their finger while touching their device's
-- screen
local function TouchMove(touch, gameProcessedEvent)
touchGui.Position = UDim2.new(0, touch.Position.X, 0, touch.Position.Y)
end
-- Fires when the user stops touching their device's screen
local function TouchEnd(touch, gameProcessedEvent)
touchGui.Parent = nil
touchGui.Size = UDim2.new(0,50,0,50)
end
-- Only use the Touch events if the user is on a mobile device
if UserInputService.TouchEnabled then
UserInputService.TouchTap:Connect(TouchTap)
UserInputService.TouchLongPress:Connect(TouchLong)
UserInputService.TouchMoved:Connect(TouchMove)
UserInputService.TouchEnded:Connect(TouchEnd)
end