How to prevent a double-click using jQuery?

Question

I have a button as such:

Within jQuery I am using the following, but it still

Answer 1

In my case, jQuery one had some side effects (in IE8) and I ended up using the following :

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("*").dblclick(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
  });
});

which works very nicely and looks simpler. Found it there: http://www.jquerybyexample.net/2013/01/disable-mouse-double-click-using-javascript-or-jquery.html