JavaScript prevent touch move on body element, enable on other elements

Question

but very simply, I'd like to prevent the touchmove event on the body element but leave it enabled for another element. I can disable fine... but I'm not sure how to re-enable it somewhere else!

I imagine that the below theoretically works because return true is the opposite of preventDefault, but it doesn't work for me. Might be 'cause $altNav element is in $bod?

JS:

$bod.bind('touchmove', function(event){

    event.preventDefault();
});
$altNav.bind('touchmove', function(event){

    return true;
});

Answer 1

I'm not sure what lib you're actually using, but I'll asume jQuery (I'll also post the same code in browser-native-js if you're using something other than jQ)

$bod.delegate('*', 'touchstart',function(e)
{
    if ($(this) !== $altNav)
    {
        e.preventDefault();
        //and /or
        return false;
    }
    //current event target is $altNav, handle accordingly
});

That should take care of everything. The callback here deals with all touchmove events, and invokes the preventDefault method every time the event was triggered on an element other than $altNav.

In std browser-js, this code looks something like:

document.body.addEventListener('touchmove',function(e)
{
    e = e || window.event;
    var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
    //in case $altNav is a class:
    if (!target.className.match(/\baltNav\b/))
    {
        e.returnValue = false;
        e.cancelBubble = true;
        if (e.preventDefault)
        {
            e.preventDefault();
            e.stopPropagation();
        }
        return false;//or return e, doesn't matter
    }
    //target is a reference to an $altNav element here, e is the event object, go mad
},false);

Now, if $altNav is an element with a particular id, just replace the target.className.match() thing with target.id === 'altNav' and so on...
Good luck, hope this helps