JavaScript double click event: Action on element

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JavaScript Event Handling: Exercise-10 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function that listens for a double click on an element and performs a specific action.

Sample Solution:

HTML and JavaScript Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <button id="myButton">Double click me!</button>
  <script>
    const myButton = document.getElementById('myButton');
    myButton.addEventListener('dblclick', () => {
      console.log('A double click has been performed!');
      // Perform desired actions here
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

JavaScript double click event: Action on element.

Note: Executed on JS Bin

Explanation:

In the above exercise,

First, we define a button element with the id "myButton". The JavaScript code retrieves this button element using document.getElementById('myButton') and assigns it to the myButton variable.
Next we attach an event listener to the button using the addEventListener method. We specify the event type as "dblclick" to detect double clicks on the button.
Inside the event listener function, we log a message to the console indicating that the double click action was performed. You can replace the console.log statement with your desired action.

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-event-handling-exercise-10 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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