Maybe this helps you, there is a W3 document about touch events: http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/ http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/ A list of TouchEvent typ

Maybe this helps you, there is a W3 document about touch events: http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/ http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/ A list of TouchEvent types is here: http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/#list-of-touchevent-types http://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/#list-of-touchevent-types Here is a document from Apple about touch events: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/appleapplications/reference/safariwebcontent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/app... And a list of events supported by the Safari browser: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/appleapplications/reference/safariwebcontent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006511-SW5 http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/app... I don't have an iPad, but I would love to know, if you could successfully use one of these events in this context. Edit: For example, orientationchange looks promising. Type something, then change orientation.