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Here is a script I use on an html page to hide and show divs depending on what the user clicks.

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#solLink").click(function(){
        $(".segSlide").hide(),
        $(".eduSlide").hide(),
        $(".solSlide").show(),
        $(".startOver").show();
    });

    $("#segLink").click(function(){
        $(".solSlide").hide(),
        $(".eduSlide").hide(),
        $(".segSlide").show(),
        $(".startOver").show();
    });

    $("#eduLink").click(function(){
        $(".solSlide").hide(),
        $(".segSlide").hide(),
        $(".eduSlide").show(),
        $(".startOver").show();
    });

});
</script>

It works perfectly on my desktop browsers, but when I try it on my iPhone it does not hide/show divs. They are always showing it seems.

Jaret
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You will need to use touch events for mobile devices. Click events are registered to a mouse where as mobile devices like smartphones and tablets do not.

Try something along these lines:

$(document).on('click touchstart', function () {
    // code here ... 
}

There are multiple touch events so the example above may not be the exact event you need, here is the W3C list of touch events.

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  • Just to add... you can add your selector like this: `$(document).on('click touchstart', '#solLink', function () { ... }` – zgood May 11 '15 at 18:35
  • "Click events are registered to a mouse where as mobile devices like smartphones and tablets do not"...Is that not browser specific?...I think some of them just translate a click even in a touch event automatically. – Michelangelo May 11 '15 at 18:44
  • Got it working with a similar solution to this from @Sushil response. – Jaret May 11 '15 at 18:50
  • @Mikey I think you might be referring to [Pointer Events](http://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/#pointer-events-and-interfaces), here is an [article](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/mobile/touchandmouse/) that covers some of what you're asking. – hungerstar May 11 '15 at 19:04
  • @hungerstar Thanks I will definetly take a look at it. – Michelangelo May 11 '15 at 19:09
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It's better to add this to your code, along with the normal click events:

var isMobile=false; 

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            isMobile = true;

$("#solLink").on(isMobile ? 'touchend' : 'click', function(e) {
    //....
});

and similarly for other elements.

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