UiEvent detail Property

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Example

How many times was the mouse clicked:

let num = event.detail;
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Description

The detail property returns details about an event.

The detail property is read-only.

Return Values:

click count from click and dblclick events.

click count + 1 from mousedown and mouseup events.

2 for a dblclick event.

0 for all other events.

See Also:

The onclick Event

The ondblclick Event

The Mouse Event Object

Syntax

event.detail

Technical Details

Return Value: A Number.
The number of clicks that happened in a short amount of time.
DOM Version: DOM Level 2 UI Events

Browser Support

event.detail is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera IE
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