Touch Support For jQuery UI – Touch Punch

jQuery UI, the widgets library of jQuery, doesn't ship with support for touch events in any of its widgets and interactions.

Touch Punch is a small hack which brings touch events to the library by using simulated events to map touch events to their mouse event analogs.

It is a plug 'n' play solution, just insert the file into your web pages and there is nothing more to setup.

The hack works in all the widgets and in most scenarios, however, considering it is a simple hack, make sure you test any complex usage.