Treat multiple clicks as single-click in browsers

JQuery Multi Click README

Code

// Treat double-click like a single-click
$("button").multi_click(function () {
  alert("It's all good.")
})

// Different actions for single- or double-click
$("button").multi_click(function () {
  alert("Try double-clicking me!")
}, function () {
  alert("Double click detected, I'm hiding")
  $(this).hide()
})


Markup

<button>Click Me!</button>

jquery.multi-click.js

// Author:  Jacek Becela
// Modifications: Arild
// Source:  http://gist.github.com/399624
// License: MIT

jQuery.fn.multi_click = function(on_single_click, on_double_click, timeout) {
  return this.each(function(){
    var clicks = 0, self = this;
    on_double_click = on_double_click || on_single_click
    jQuery(this).click(function(event){
      clicks++;
      if (clicks == 1) {
        setTimeout(function(){
          if(clicks == 1) {
            on_single_click.call(self, event);
          } else {
            on_double_click.call(self, event);
          }
          clicks = 0;
        }, timeout || 500);
      }
    });
  });
}