Cancel click event in the mouseup event handler

Question

Writing some drag&drop code, I\'d like to cancel the click events in my mouseup handler. I figured preventing default should do the trick, but the click event is still f

Answer 1

The best solution for my situation was:

let clickTime;

el.addEventListener('mousedown', (event) => {
  clickTime = new Date();
});

el.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
  if (new Date() - clickTime < 150) {
    // click
  } else {
    // pause
  }
});

This gives the user 150ms to release, if they take longer than 150ms it's considered a pause, rather than a click