iPad/iPhone hover problem causes the user to double click a link

Question

I have some websites I built times ago, that use jquery mouse events...I just got an ipad and i noticed that all the mouse over events are translated in clicks...so for inst

Answer 1

You can use click touchend ,

example:

$('a').on('click touchend', function() {
    var linkToAffect = $(this);
    var linkToAffectHref = linkToAffect.attr('href');
    window.location = linkToAffectHref;
});

Above example will affect all links on touch devices.

If you want to target only specific links, you can do this by setting a class on them, ie:

HTML:

Prevent extra click on touch device

Jquery:

$('a.prevent-extra-click').on('click touchend', function() {
    var linkToAffect = $(this);
    var linkToAffectHref = linkToAffect.attr('href');
    window.location = linkToAffectHref;
});

Cheers,

Jeroen