How to differentiate single click event and double click event

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I have a single button in li with id  my id   I attached  two jQuery events with this element  1       my id   click function          alert  single click          2       my id   dblclick function         alert  double click          But every times it gives me the single click

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I wrote a simple jQuery plugin that lets you use a custom 'singleclick' event to differentiate a single-click from a double-click:

https://github.com/omriyariv/jquery-singleclick

$('#someDiv').on('singleclick', function(e) {
    // The event will be fired with a small delay.
    console.log('This is certainly a single-click');
}

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Well in order to double click  click twice  you must first click once  The click   handler fires on your first click  and since the alert pops up  you don t have a chance to make the second click to fire the dblclick   handler   Change your handlers to do something other than an alert   and you ll see the behaviour   perhaps change the background color of the element        my id   click function            this  css  backgroundColor    red            my id   dblclick function           this  css  backgroundColor    green

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Use the excellent jQuery Sparkle plugin  The plugin gives you the option to detect first and last click  You can use it to differentiate between click and dblclick by detecting if another click was followed by the first click    Check it out at http   balupton com sandbox jquery-sparkle demo

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I know this is old  but below is a JS only example of a basic loop counter with a single timer to determine a single vs double click  Hopefully this helps someone   var count   0  var ele   document getElementById  my id    ele addEventListener  click   handleSingleDoubleClick  false     function handleSingleDoubleClick       if  count  setTimeout TimerFcn  400      400 ms click delay   count    1    function TimerFcn        if count  gt  1  console log  you double clicked      else console log  you single clicked     count   0

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Instead of utilizing more ad-hoc states and setTimeout  turns out there is a native property called detail that you can access from the event object   element onclick   event   gt       if  event detail     1            it was a single click      else if  event detail     2            it was a double click           Modern browsers and even IE-9 supports it      Source  https   developer mozilla org en-US docs Web API UIEvent detail

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You need to use a timeout to check if there is an another click after the first click   Here is the trick      Author   Jacek Becela    Source   http   gist github com 399624    License  MIT  jQuery fn single double click   function single click callback  double click callback  timeout      return this each function        var clicks   0  self   this      jQuery this  click function event         clicks          if  clicks    1            setTimeout function              if clicks    1                single click callback call self  event               else               double click callback call self  event                         clicks   0             timeout    300                             Usage      button   single double click function        alert  Try double-clicking me       function        alert  Double click detected  I m hiding       this  hide         lt button gt Click Me  lt  button gt    EDIT   As stated below  prefer using the native dblclick event  http   www quirksmode org dom events click html  Or the one provided by jQuery  http   api jquery com dblclick

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Based on Adrien Schuler  thank you so much     answer  for Datatables net and for many uses  here is a modification   Function         For handle click and single click in child s objects     param  any  selector Parents selector  like  tr      param  any  single click callback Callback for single click     param  any  double click callback Callback for dblclick     param  any  timeout Timeout  optional  300 by default     jQuery fn single double click   function  selector  single click callback  double click callback  timeout        return this each function              let clicks   0          jQuery this  on  click   selector  function  event                let self   this              clicks                if  clicks    1                    setTimeout function                          if  clicks    1                            single click callback call self  event                         else                           double click callback call self  event                                             clicks   0                     timeout    300                                         Use      MyTableId   single double click  tr               function            Click                 let row   MyTable row this                   let id   row id                    let data   row data                    console log  Click in   id     data                              function            DBLClick                 let row   MyTable row this                   let id   row id                    let data   row data                    console log  DBLClick in   id     data

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The behavior of the dblclick event is explained at Quirksmode   The order of events for a dblclick is    mousedown mouseup click mousedown mouseup click dblclick   The one exception to this rule is  of course  Internet Explorer with their custom order of    mousedown mouseup click mouseup dblclick   As you can see  listening to both events together on the same element will result in extra calls to your click handler

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Here s an alternative of jeum s code for an arbitrary number of events    var multiClickHandler   function  handlers  delay        var clicks   0  timeout  delay   delay    250      return function  e          clicks          clearTimeout timeout         timeout   setTimeout function              if handlers clicks   handlers clicks  e           clicks   0           delay                 cy on  click    node   multiClickHandler       1  function e  console log  single clicked    e cyTarget id          2  function e  console log  double clicked    e cyTarget id          3  function e  console log  triple clicked    e cyTarget id          4  function e  console log  quadro clicked    e cyTarget id                      300      Needed this for a cytoscape js app

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I m afraid that the behaviour is browser dependent      It is inadvisable to bind handlers to   both the click and dblclick events for   the same element  The sequence of   events triggered varies from browser   to browser  with some receiving two   click events before the dblclick and   others only one  Double-click   sensitivity  maximum time between   clicks that is detected as a double   click  can vary by operating system   and browser  and is often   user-configurable    http   api jquery com dblclick   Running your code in Firefox  the alert   in the click   handler prevents you from clicking a second time  If you remove such alert  you get both events

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let clickTimes   0  let timer   null  roundBox click   function  e      clearTimeout timer     timer   setTimeout      gt                console log  quot single click quot         600     clickTimes       if  clickTimes    2              clearTimeout timer       clickTimes   0      console log  quot double click quot        toggleExpanded id

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A simple function  No jquery or other framework is required  Pass your functions as parameters   lt div onclick  doubleclick this  function   alert  single     function   alert  double      gt click me lt  div gt       lt script gt          function doubleclick el  onsingle  ondouble                if  el getAttribute  data-dblclick      null                    el setAttribute  data-dblclick   1                   setTimeout function                          if  el getAttribute  data-dblclick      1                            onsingle                                              el removeAttribute  data-dblclick                       300                 else                   el removeAttribute  data-dblclick                    ondouble                                 lt  script gt

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I like to avoid jquery  and other 90-140k libs   and as noted browsers handle onclick first  so here is what I did on a website I created   this example also covers getting a clicked location local x y    clicksNow-0    global js  owell  function notify2 e  right        called from onclick  and oncontextmenu   rc  var x y xx yy  var ele   document getElementById  wrap             offset fixed parent for local win x y var xxx  ele offsetLeft  var yyy  ele offsetTop     NScape if  document layers    document getElementById amp  amp  document all        xx  e pageX      yy  e pageY    else       xx  e clientX      yy  e clientY    x xx-xxx  y yy-yyy   clicksNow           200  2 10ths a sec  is about a low as i seem to be able to go setTimeout   processClick      right           x           y        200      function processClick right  x  y    if  clicksNow  0  return     already processed as dblclick if  clicksNow  2  alert  dbl    clicksNow 0          handle  etc         hope that helps

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This answer is made obsolete through time  check  kyw s solution   I created a solution inspired by the gist posted by  AdrienSchuler  Use this solution only when you want to bind a single click AND a double click to an element  Otherwise I recommend using the native click and dblclick listeners   These are the differences    Vanillajs  No dependencies Don t wait on the setTimeout to handle the click or doubleclick handler When double clicking it first fires the click handler  then the doubleclick handler   Javascript   function makeDoubleClick doubleClickCallback  singleClickCallback        var clicks   0  timeout      return function             clicks            if  clicks    1                singleClickCallback  amp  amp  singleClickCallback apply this  arguments               timeout   setTimeout function     clicks   0     400             else               timeout  amp  amp  clearTimeout timeout               doubleClickCallback  amp  amp  doubleClickCallback apply this  arguments               clicks   0                       Usage   var singleClick   function    console log  single click      var doubleClick   function    console log  double click      element addEventListener  click   makeDoubleClick doubleClick  singleClick      Below is the usage in a jsfiddle  the jQuery button is the behavior of the accepted answer   jsfiddle

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Another simple Vanilla solution based on the A1rPun answer  see his fiddle for the jQuery solution  and both are in this one    It seems that to NOT trigger a single-click handler when the user double-clicks  the single-click handler is necessarily triggered after a delay     var single   function e  console log  single         double   function e  console log  double      var makeDoubleClick   function e       var clicks   0        timeout     return function  e         clicks         if  clicks    1          timeout   setTimeout function              single e           clicks   0           250         else         clearTimeout timeout         double e         clicks   0               document getElementById  btnVanilla   addEventListener  click   makeDoubleClick    false

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The modern correct answer is a mix between the accepted answer and  kyw  s solution  You need a timeout to prevent that first single click and the event detail check to prevent the second click    x000D   x000D  const button   document getElementById  button   x000D  let timer x000D  button addEventListener  click   event   gt    x000D    if  event detail     1    x000D      timer   setTimeout      gt    x000D        console log  click   x000D         200  x000D      x000D     x000D  button addEventListener  dblclick   event   gt    x000D    clearTimeout timer  x000D    console log  dblclick   x000D     x000D   lt button id  button  gt Click me lt  button gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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How to differentiate between single clicks and double clicks on one and the same element   If you don t need to mix them  you can rely on click and dblclick and each will do the job just fine   A problem arises when trying to mix them  a dblclick event will actually trigger a click event as well  so you need to determine whether a single click is a  stand-alone  single click  or part of a double click   In addition  you shouldn t use both click and dblclick on one and the same element      It is inadvisable to bind handlers to both the click and dblclick events for the same element  The sequence of events triggered varies from browser to browser  with some receiving two click events before the dblclick and others only one  Double-click sensitivity  maximum time between clicks that is detected as a double click  can vary by operating system and browser  and is often user-configurable    Source  https   api jquery com dblclick    Now on to the good news   You can use the event s detail property to detect the number of clicks related to the event  This makes double clicks inside of click fairly easy to detect   The problem remains of detecting single clicks and whether or not they re part of a double click  For that  we re back to using a timer and setTimeout   Wrapping it all together  with use of a data attribute  to avoid a global variable  and without the need to count clicks ourselves  we get   HTML    lt div class  clickit  style  font-size  200   margin  2em  padding  0 25em  background  orange   gt Double click me lt  div gt    lt div id  log  style  background   efefef   gt  lt  div gt    JavaScript    lt script gt  var clickTimeoutID     document   ready function               clickit    click  function  event              if   event originalEvent detail     1                      log    append    Event   Single click event received  lt br gt                       Is this a true single click or it it a single click that s part of a double click                 The only way to find out is to wait it for either a specific amount of time or the  dblclick  event                               clickTimeoutID   window setTimeout                      function                                  log    append   USER BEHAVIOR  Single click detected  lt br gt  lt br gt                                                 500    how much time users have to perform the second click in a double click --  see accessibility note below                                else if   event originalEvent detail     2                      log    append    Event   Double click event received  lt br gt                       log    append   USER BEHAVIOR  Double click detected  lt br gt                  window clearTimeout  clickTimeoutID       it s a dblclick  so cancel the single click behavior               triple  quadruple  etc  clicks are ignored                 lt  script gt    Demo   JSfiddle    Notes about accessibility and double click speeds    As Wikipedia puts it  The maximum delay required for two consecutive clicks to be interpreted as a double-click is not standardized   No way of detecting the system s double-click speed in the browser  Seems the default is 500 ms and the range 100-900mms on Windows  source  Think of people with disabilities who set  in their OS settings  the double click speed to its slowest    If the system double click speed is slower than our default 500 ms above  both the single- and double-click behaviors will be triggered  Either don t use rely on combined single and double click on one and the same item  Or  add a setting in the options to have the ability to increase the value       It took a while to find a satisfying solution  I hope this helps

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this worked for me     var clicked 0  function chkBtnClcked evnt        clicked           wait to see if dblclick     if  clicked   1            setTimeout function                 clicked 0                                         300      test for another click within 300ms           if  clicked   2            stopTimer setInterval function                 clicked 0                                         30 1000      refresh every 30 seconds           usage      lt div id  cloneimages  style  position  fixed   onclick  chkBtnClcked evnt    title  Click for next pic  double-click for slide show  gt  lt  div gt

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Just posting the native HTML answer just in case the need is to be easy and HTML    lt p ondblclick  myFunction    id    id  gt Double-click me lt  p gt    This of course has native Jquery options  ie        id   attr  ondblclick  function         or  as stated previously      id   dblclick function

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