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What is Pointer Events in JavaScript

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Roughly, You can think Pointer Events as a combination of Mouse and Touch events.

document.addEventListener('mousedown', () => {
  // do something on mousedown
});

document.addEventListener('touchstart', () => {
  // do something on touchstart
});
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same as below

document.addEventListener('pointerdown', () => {
  // do something on mousedown or touchstart
});
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