Is there a jQuery plugin or JavaScript script that automagically loops through each CSS hover (found in an external stylesheet) and binds it with a double touchdown event?
If there isn't something like this yet, can it be made and how (guidelines)?
EDIT:
To be clear, I am not in search of a double tap. Touchdown 1 is a single tab just like Touchdown 2 is. There can be as less as 0 seconds between both or as much as 3 minutes, that's the user's choice.
No touch:
Touch (iOS):
Try this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
    <title>iPad Experiment</title>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            if(navigator.platform == "iPad") {
                $("a").each(function() { // have to use an `each` here - either a jQuery `each` or a `for(...)` loop
                    var onClick; // this will be a function
                    var firstClick = function() {
                        onClick = secondClick;
                        return false;
                    };
                    var secondClick = function() {
                        onClick = firstClick;
                        return true;
                    };
                    onClick = firstClick;
                    $(this).click(function() {
                        return onClick();
                    });
                });
            }
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        a:hover {
            color:white;
            background:#FF00FF;
        }
    </style>
<body>
    <a href="http://google.ca">Google</a>
    <a href="http://stackoverflow.com">stackoverflow.com</a>
</body>
</html>
... or check out the demo on my web site. Note that it's set up to only work its magic on the iPad - detecting all versions of the iOS is another question in my books ;)
It works on the basis of the fact that...
After you click a link on the iphone or ipad, it leaves a simulated mouse hover that triggers the a:hover css styling on that link. If the link has a javascript handler that keeps you on same page, the hover state will not change until you click on another link.
Citation: Safari iphone/ipad “mouse hover” on new link after prior one is replaced with javascript
I've used this:
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.hover').bind('touchstart touchend', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        $(this).toggleClass('hover_effect');
    });
});
Before, to allow hover on certain elements. Obviously you'll need to tweak it for your own use, but it's a nice way to allow a touch and hold hover effect.
Here is a further optimized version that also handles closing the :hover
You'll have to encapsulate your site with a
<div id="container"></div>
for it to work. Just putting the closing event on the body did nothing
var bodyBound = false;
var container;
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i))
{
    container = $("#container");
     // Provoke iOS :hover event
    $("a.someLink").on("mouseover", handleHoverClick);
}
function handleClose(event)
{
    container.off("click", handleClose);
    bodyBound = false;
}
function handleHoverClick(event)
{
    if (!bodyBound)
    {
        bodyBound = true;
        // Somehow, just calling this function—even if empty—closes the :hover
        container.on("click", handleClose);
    }
}
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