diff --git a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/modal/Modal.js b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/modal/Modal.js
index e7a42a5691c..7dc175a1bb4 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/modal/Modal.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/modal/Modal.js
@@ -492,9 +492,6 @@ class ModalContent extends PureComponent {
     this._id = props.content_id || makeUniqueId()
   }
   componentDidMount() {
-    // since touch devices works diffrent, and we also use preventScreenReaderPossibility
-    // we dont set the tabindex by using removeFocusPossibility
-    this.isTouchDevice = isTouchDevice()
     this.removeScrollPossibility()
     this.preventScreenReaderPossibility()
     this.removeFocusPossibility()
@@ -555,7 +552,9 @@ class ModalContent extends PureComponent {
   }
 
   removeFocusPossibility() {
-    if (typeof document === 'undefined' || this.isTouchDevice) {
+    // since touch devices works diffrent, and we also use preventScreenReaderPossibility
+    // we dont set the tabindex by using removeFocusPossibility
+    if (typeof document === 'undefined' || isTouchDevice()) {
       return
     }
     const modalNodes = Array.from(
@@ -588,7 +587,9 @@ class ModalContent extends PureComponent {
   }
 
   revertFocusPossibility() {
-    if (!this.nonModalNodes || this.isTouchDevice) {
+    // since touch devices works diffrent, and we also use preventScreenReaderPossibility
+    // we dont set the tabindex by using removeFocusPossibility
+    if (!this.nonModalNodes || isTouchDevice()) {
       return
     }
     // restore or remove tabindex from nodes
diff --git a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/slider/Slider.js b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/slider/Slider.js
index 7848d432187..d042cbe1a8e 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/slider/Slider.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/components/slider/Slider.js
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ export default class Slider extends PureComponent {
     super(props)
     this._id = props.id || makeUniqueId() // cause we need an id anyway
     this._trackRef = React.createRef()
-    this.isTouch = isTouchDevice()
     this.state = {
       _listenForPropChanges: true,
       value: Slider.getValue(props) // so on_state_update not gets called
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ export default class Slider extends PureComponent {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     if (
-      (this.isTouch || isTrue(this.props.use_scrollwheel)) &&
+      (isTouchDevice() || isTrue(this.props.use_scrollwheel)) &&
       this._trackRef.current
     ) {
       this._trackRef.current.addEventListener(
@@ -545,18 +544,18 @@ export default class Slider extends PureComponent {
 
     if (label) {
       rangeParams['aria-labelledby'] = id + '-label'
-      if (this.isTouch) {
+      if (isTouchDevice()) {
         trackParams['aria-labelledby'] = id + '-label'
       }
     }
     if (showStatus) {
       rangeParams['aria-describedby'] = id + '-status'
-      if (this.isTouch) {
+      if (isTouchDevice()) {
         trackParams['aria-describedby'] = id + '-status'
       }
     }
 
-    if (this.isTouch) {
+    if (isTouchDevice()) {
       trackParams.role = 'slider'
       trackParams['aria-valuenow'] = this.roundValue(value)
       trackParams['aria-valuemin'] = min
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ export default class Slider extends PureComponent {
                 style={inlineThumbStyles}
               >
                 {/* Keep the possibility open to use a native slider inside */}
-                {!this.isTouch && (
+                {!isTouchDevice() && (
                   <input
                     type="range"
                     className="dnb-slider__helper"
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ export default class Slider extends PureComponent {
                   variant="secondary"
                   tabIndex="-1"
                   onMouseDown={this.onMouseDownHandler}
-                  {...(this.isTouch
+                  {...(isTouchDevice()
                     ? rangeParams
                     : { 'aria-hidden': true })}
                 />
diff --git a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/shared/component-helper.js b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/shared/component-helper.js
index 3bc4975a845..3df87d0c508 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/shared/component-helper.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-ui-lib/src/shared/component-helper.js
@@ -32,11 +32,89 @@ export const isMac = () =>
  * Check if device is touch device or not
  */
 
+let IS_TOUCH_DEVICE = undefined
 export function isTouchDevice() {
-  if (typeof isTouchDevice.result !== 'undefined') {
-    return isTouchDevice.result
+  if (typeof IS_TOUCH_DEVICE !== 'undefined') {
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+      window.IS_TOUCH_DEVICE = IS_TOUCH_DEVICE
+    }
+    return IS_TOUCH_DEVICE
   }
-  let result = undefined
+
+  return IS_TOUCH_DEVICE
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detects if device supports touches
+ *
+ * @param  {[type]} [interactive=true}] [Makes it posible that the state changes interactive]
+ * @return {[type]} [void]
+ */
+export function defineIsTouch({ interactive = true } = {}) {
+  const handleDefineTouch = () => {
+    if (typeof document === 'undefined' || typeof window === 'undefined') {
+      return
+    }
+
+    // to give it a change to have isTouch from the very beginning
+    if (unsafeIsTouchDeviceCheck()) {
+      document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-is-touch', true)
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener(
+      'touchstart',
+      function onFirstTouch() {
+        try {
+          if (IS_TOUCH_DEVICE !== true) {
+            document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-is-touch', true)
+          }
+          IS_TOUCH_DEVICE = true
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.warn('Could not apply "touch attribute"', e)
+        }
+        if (!interactive) {
+          window.removeEventListener('touchstart', onFirstTouch, false)
+        }
+      },
+      false
+    )
+
+    window.addEventListener(
+      'mouseover',
+      function onFirstHover() {
+        try {
+          if (IS_TOUCH_DEVICE === true) {
+            document.documentElement.removeAttribute('data-is-touch')
+          }
+          IS_TOUCH_DEVICE = false
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.warn('Could not apply "touch attribute"', e)
+        }
+        if (!interactive) {
+          window.removeEventListener('mouseover', onFirstHover, false)
+        }
+      },
+      false
+    )
+
+    document.removeEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handleDefineTouch)
+  }
+
+  if (
+    typeof document !== 'undefined' &&
+    document.readyState === 'loading'
+  ) {
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handleDefineTouch)
+  } else {
+    handleDefineTouch()
+  }
+}
+
+function unsafeIsTouchDeviceCheck() {
+  if (typeof document === 'undefined' || typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    return false
+  }
+  let result = false
 
   try {
     if (window.PointerEvent && 'maxTouchPoints' in navigator) {
@@ -61,32 +139,7 @@ export function isTouchDevice() {
     result = false
   }
 
-  return (isTouchDevice.result = result)
-}
-
-export function defineIsTouch() {
-  const handleDefineTouch = () => {
-    if (typeof document === 'undefined' || typeof window === 'undefined')
-      return
-    try {
-      if (isTouchDevice()) {
-        document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-is-touch', true)
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.warn('Could not apply "touch attribute"', e)
-    }
-
-    document.removeEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handleDefineTouch)
-  }
-
-  if (
-    typeof document !== 'undefined' &&
-    document.readyState === 'loading'
-  ) {
-    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handleDefineTouch)
-  } else {
-    handleDefineTouch()
-  }
+  return result
 }
 
 export function defineNavigator() {