How can I listen for a click-and-hold in jQuery?
Aircoded (but tested on this fiddle)
(function($) {
function startTrigger(e) {
var $elem = $(this);
$elem.data('mouseheld_timeout', setTimeout(function() {
$elem.trigger('mouseheld');
}, e.data));
}
function stopTrigger() {
var $elem = $(this);
clearTimeout($elem.data('mouseheld_timeout'));
}
var mouseheld = $.event.special.mouseheld = {
setup: function(data) {
// the first binding of a mouseheld event on an element will trigger this
// lets bind our event handlers
var $this = $(this);
$this.bind('mousedown', +data || mouseheld.time, startTrigger);
$this.bind('mouseleave mouseup', stopTrigger);
},
teardown: function() {
var $this = $(this);
$this.unbind('mousedown', startTrigger);
$this.unbind('mouseleave mouseup', stopTrigger);
},
time: 750 // default to 750ms
};
})(jQuery);
// usage
$("div").bind('mouseheld', function(e) {
console.log('Held', e);
})
var timeoutId = 0;
$('#myElement').on('mousedown', function() {
timeoutId = setTimeout(myFunction, 1000);
}).on('mouseup mouseleave', function() {
clearTimeout(timeoutId);
});
Edit: correction per AndyE...thanks!
Edit 2: using bind now for two events with same handler per gnarf