jQuery - Tap and Hold ===================== This jQuery plugin lets you detect a tap and hold event on touch interfaces. How to use it? 1) Add the jQuery Tap and Hold plugin into your HTML 2) Bind a tap and hold handler function to the tap and hold event of an element. $("#myDiv").bind("taphold", function(event){ alert("This is a tap and hold!"); }); You can check a working example in examples/example1.html