Double click question for iPhone

I do this quite often making sure I'm selecting the icon but you are unable to double-click or select the icon even after the area around the icon is zoomed in?

Usually, on a website, you just have to single click, except for maybe ftp directories. If the icon needs to be double clicked, try selecting the icon using a single touch on Safari, then way for a second and select it again.

I have the same problem with Safari and features on my companys web site. It would be nice if there was a way to turn off the zoom or maybe Enable double click,

I'd be happy if it worked like the shift key, only disabled zoom for a single double tap on the screen.

You could always fake this by starting a counter on every 'click' event. If the click event happens twice within the specified time period, run your double-click functionality. Stupid, I know, but it should get the job done.

Here's some sample js - hopefully this form doesn't kill it:

<pre>
var previous_date = new Date();
function doubleClick(e) {
var e = e || window.event;
var date = new Date();
if (date - previous_date < 500) {
console.log('Double Click');
// You could then inspect the event to find out which element was double clicked here
} else {
console.log('Single Click');
}
previous_date = date;
}
document.onclick = doubleClick;


document.ondblclick = function(e) {
var e = e || window.event;
console.log('Real Double Click');
}
</pre>

I'm confused....
How does this Java script answer the question (How do we double-click using iPhone Browser?).

Also, why is it that everytime this question is asked, people jump in and say "you don't need to double-click". WE DO. Some web sights require it.

So, if somebody knows how an average user can double-click on an item from the iPhone, please let us know.

If you could post one of the sites that require double clicking, we could check out the possibilities on our phones too 🙂

The one I know of happens to be my company's internal website. Cannot give access.
Sounds like other people also use sites that required a double-click. I'm sure if you look, you'll find several Java routines that distinguish between single and double clicks. They do exist.

The point is, a computer with a mouse CAN double-click. But can the iPhone?

RoundCube Webmail is a readily available application that demonstrates this problem. If you have "preview mode" enabled and you want to view the whole message without the message list, you have to double-click the message title

Update: apparently I can send a double-click to Roundcube if I get the timing _just right_. It has to be longer than the zoom double click, but not too long. Obviously that's just about impossible to do reliably. Apple should make a two-fingered tap do double-click or something.