How to swipeleft and swiperight

Question

Apologies in advance - this is such a fundamental question: Why are swipeleft and swiperight not working?

(function() {
    $('img').on('swiperight', swipeRight);
    function swipeRight(myEvent){ 
        myEvent.stopPropagation();
        alert('swipeRight');
    };

    $('img').on('swipeleft', swipeLeft);
    function swipeLeft(myEvent) { 
        myEvent.stopPropagation();
        alert('swipeLeft');
    };
})();

I've loaded jQuery, but do I need to load a entire library like jQuery Mobile or Angular? I just want to slide from 1 picture to the next.

Answer 1

Standard jQuery doesn't define a swiperight or swipeleft event. jQuery Mobile does, however. You'll have to load that library to utilize those event handlers.