Prevent click event from firing when dblclick event fires

Question

I\'m handling both the click and dblclick event on a DOM element. Each one carries out a different command, but I find that when double clicking on the element, in addition

Answer 1

In this case, it is best to delay the execution of the single click event slightly. Have your double click handler set a variable that the single click event will check. If that variable has a particular value, could be boolDoubleClick == true, then don't fire/handle the single click.