breakout support for touch

I looked at the capx for the tutorial below and understand it, but i am trying to turn mouse into a touch instead. so i did the following. set x to touch.x in replace of mouse.x but the moment my mouse simulating touch releases it springs back to the edge. i attempted to say every tick set paddle to currentX global variable that is suppose to be set after person is not touching but it doesn't work. still springs back

Cloning the classics breakout video

Should I remove mouse and add draggable behavior if detecting touching object and mouse otherwise

If your going to use touch I found it much better to not bother with Mouse. Also I found that when using touch it's best to use Touch to get the original contact position then use a Drag and Drop box.

ie

Touch on touchobject

dragbox set position touch.x and touch.y

dragbox is dragging

-> paddle.x = dragbox.x

that way when you release touch your paddle should stay still as your not constantly setting position by the touch, but instead the dragging box.