Title: WordPress reply comment script for touchscreens
Last modified: November 28, 2020

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# WordPress reply comment script for touchscreens

 *  Resolved [thisiswilliam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisiswilliam/)
 * (@thisiswilliam)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-reply-comment-script-for-touchscreens/)
 * Hi, I am using WordPress script which allows me to reply to comments without 
   refreshing the current page, so it is great, but a problem that I have faced 
   with it in many situations is when I am with my phone this device has a touchscreen
   and the problem is in this what I know: **the script has addeventlistener on 
   touchstart!**
    _It is not safe for users. _ Think about this, a user is scrolling
   to see more comments and unfortunately touch this reply link, so it starts showing
   a reply box which is really annoying during that situation. I suppose it will
   be solved if I delete them by myself and use my customized script but I wanna
   know we have another way for disabling touchstart events for replying to comments
   or no. Thanks a lot.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-reply-comment-script-for-touchscreens/#post-13722707)
 * You can use `.removeEventListener()` from your own script which runs after the
   listener has been added. Perhaps this is what you meant when you said “delete
   them by myself”. You could use `.preventDefault()` but that would also disable
   the mouse click event, so your script would have to manage user interaction through
   its own means. Or you could alter the original script and comment out the initial`
   addEventListener()`. I don’t see any other options.

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