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Distinguishing click and double-click in D3.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin:0; padding:0; }
#map { width:960px; height:500px; background:cyan; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='map'></div>
<script>
function clickcancel() {
var event = d3.dispatch('click', 'dblclick');
function cc(selection) {
var down,
tolerance = 5,
last,
wait = null;
// euclidean distance
function dist(a, b) {
return Math.sqrt(Math.pow(a[0] - b[0], 2), Math.pow(a[1] - b[1], 2));
}
selection.on('mousedown', function() {
down = d3.mouse(document.body);
last = +new Date();
});
selection.on('mouseup', function() {
if (dist(down, d3.mouse(document.body)) > tolerance) {
return;
} else {
if (wait) {
window.clearTimeout(wait);
wait = null;
event.dblclick(d3.event);
} else {
wait = window.setTimeout((function(e) {
return function() {
event.click(e);
wait = null;
};
})(d3.event), 300);
}
}
});
};
return d3.rebind(cc, event, 'on');
}
var cc = clickcancel();
d3.select('#map').call(cc);
cc.on('click', function() {
d3.select('#map').text(d3.select('#map').text() + 'click, ');
});
cc.on('dblclick', function() {
d3.select('#map').text(d3.select('#map').text() + 'dblclick, ');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
@austince
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If anyone is using Observable, I've ported the v4 update (and verified for v5) over here: https://observablehq.com/@austince/cancelable-click

@sinamoeini
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@austince thanks that is exactly what I was looking for.

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