Sometimes, we want to handle double click events in a React component.
In this article, we’ll look at how to handle double click events in a React component.
Handle Double Click Events in a React Component
To handle double click events in a React component, we can use the regular click event handler and check how many clicks are done with the detail property.
For instance, we write:
import React from "react";
export default function App() {
const handleClick = (e) => {
switch (e.detail) {
case 1:
console.log("click");
break;
case 2:
console.log("double click");
break;
case 3:
console.log("triple click");
break;
default:
return;
}
};
return <button onClick={handleClick}>Click me</button>;
}
We have the handleClick function that checks the e.detail property to see how many clicks are done.
If it’s 2, then we know the user double clicked.
When we double click on the button, we should see 'double click' logged in the console.
Conclusion
To handle double click events in a React component, we can use the regular click event handler and check how many clicks are done with the detail property.
