How do I listen for triple clicks in JavaScript?

Question

If this is for a double-click:

window.addEventListener(\"dblclick\", function(event) { }, false);

How can I capture a triple-click? This is

Answer 1

it's very simple if you do it right, and you can even catch single, double, triple, ... clicks as you like. plain javascript, customizable click delay (timeout):

var clicks = 0;
var timer, timeout = 350; // time between each click

var doubleClick = function(e) {
  console.log('doubleClick');
}

var tripleClick = function(e) {
  console.log('tripleClick');
}

// click timer
yourcontainer.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  clearTimeout(timer);
  clicks++;
  var evt = e;
  timer = setTimeout(function() {
    if(clicks==2) doubleClick(evt);
    if(clicks==3) tripleClick(evt);
    clicks = 0;
  }, timeout);
});