# Touch panel onClick event in perspective 8.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620 "2026-01-29T08:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/1 "2026-01-29T08:31:52Z")
Hi, I would like to ask if onClick events in Perspective 8.3 work both on touch panel and computer or do I have to modify each event by adding Touch events if I want to run SCADA on touch panel? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Martineau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lynn\_Martineau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lynn_Martineau)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/2 "2026-01-29T13:25:11Z")
A lot of components will have an onActionPerformed event that will respond the same for touch and mouse click. ---
**Author:** ![Arr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/3 "2026-01-29T13:55:26Z")
Thank You for reply. What about pointer events? I have a lot of components in my SCADA that have pointer events events and it would be very time consuming to add new events to every element. My SCADA will be ran both on computer and touch PC ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/4 "2026-01-29T14:02:15Z")
> [@Arr](#): > > and touch PC Hover and similar mouse motion events are not emulated by touchscreens, except for drag. If you need related functionality, you will need separate components to fake the behavior without actual mouse motion events. ---
**Author:** ![Arr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/5 "2026-01-29T14:16:13Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/f/6f45095e98e17234c40538c38a8bf004eeb14648.png) I used this events on button to set the tag when the button is pressed. It works well on computer. I am just afraid that it will not work on touch PC (with Windows IoT) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/6 "2026-01-29T14:29:10Z")
> [@Arr](#): > > set the tag when the button is pressed And reset when released? A jog button? > [@Arr](#): > > It works well on computer. Until you have a comms hiccup and your jog function is stuck on. The reason Perspective doesn't have a momentary button is because it cannot be made reliable in a browser. Making your own with events is a **really** bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Arr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/7 "2026-03-21T03:34:10Z")
Is it more realiable in Perspective Workstation than in a browser? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-panel-onclick-event-in-perspective-8-3/113620/8 "2026-03-21T04:59:41Z")
No. Perspective workstation is just chromium browser.