There is no 'jQuery' magic, just JavaScript timers.
var pressTimer;
$("a").mouseup(function(){
clearTimeout(pressTimer);
// Clear timeout
return false;
}).mousedown(function(){
// Set timeout
pressTimer = window.setTimeout(function() { ... Your Code ...},1000);
return false;
});
Based on Maycow Moura's answer, I wrote this. It also ensures that the user didn't do a right click, which would trigger a long press and works on mobile devices. DEMO
var node = document.getElementsByTagName("p")[0];
var longpress = false;
var presstimer = null;
var longtarget = null;
var cancel = function(e) {
if (presstimer !== null) {
clearTimeout(presstimer);
presstimer = null;
}
this.classList.remove("longpress");
};
var click = function(e) {
if (presstimer !== null) {
clearTimeout(presstimer);
presstimer = null;
}
this.classList.remove("longpress");
if (longpress) {
return false;
}
alert("press");
};
var start = function(e) {
console.log(e);
if (e.type === "click" && e.button !== 0) {
return;
}
longpress = false;
this.classList.add("longpress");
if (presstimer === null) {
presstimer = setTimeout(function() {
alert("long click");
longpress = true;
}, 1000);
}
return false;
};
node.addEventListener("mousedown", start);
node.addEventListener("touchstart", start);
node.addEventListener("click", click);
node.addEventListener("mouseout", cancel);
node.addEventListener("touchend", cancel);
node.addEventListener("touchleave", cancel);
node.addEventListener("touchcancel", cancel);
You should also include some indicator using CSS animations:
p {
background: red;
padding: 100px;
}
.longpress {
-webkit-animation: 1s longpress;
animation: 1s longpress;
}
@-webkit-keyframes longpress {
0%, 20% { background: red; }
100% { background: yellow; }
}
@keyframes longpress {
0%, 20% { background: red; }
100% { background: yellow; }
}
You can use taphold event of jQuery mobile API.
jQuery("a").on("taphold", function( event ) { ... } )
I created long-press-event (0.5k pure JS) to solve this, it adds a long-press
event to the DOM.
Listen for a long-press
on any element:
// the event bubbles, so you can listen at the root level
document.addEventListener('long-press', function(e) {
console.log(e.target);
});
Listen for a long-press
on a specific element:
// get the element
var el = document.getElementById('idOfElement');
// add a long-press event listener
el.addEventListener('long-press', function(e) {
// stop the event from bubbling up
e.preventDefault()
console.log(e.target);
});
Works in IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Safari & hybrid mobile apps (Cordova & Ionic on iOS/Android)
Demo
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