How to run a code on double-click event in jQuery ?

Last Updated : 17 Mar, 2021

In this article, we will see how to run a code after double clicked the element using jQuery. To run the code on double clicked we use dblclick() method. This method is used to trigger the double-click event to occur. This method occurs when the selected element will be double clicked.

Syntax:

$(selector).dblclick(args);

Parameter: It accepts an optional parameter “args” which specifies a function that do a specific task after double clicking.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYpe html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        How to run a code on double-click
        event in jQuery?
    </title>

    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>

    <!-- jQuery code to show the working 
        of this method -->
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("body").css("text-align", "center");
            $("h1").css("color", "green");
            $("p").dblclick(function () {
                $(this).css("font-size", "20px");
                $(this).css("color", "green");
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>

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    <h3>
        How to run a code on double-click
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    <p>
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</body>

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