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js mousedown with touch

is there a way to detect whether a 'mousedown' is a touch right click (hold the finger about 1 sec in place) or just a normal right click?
I think chrome can do this with "ev.originalEvent.sourceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents". But only chrome.
$('#container').mousedown(function(ev) {
if (ev.button === 2 && ev.comesFromTouch) return false
//...
}
edit:
current situation: after about one second after I pressed down my left mouse button, the browser automaticly triggers a 'mousedown' event with button = 2 (tested in the 'device toolbar' mode in chrome). I want to cancel this.
SOLUTION
If a right mousedown appears between a touchstart and touchend it is a right click on a touch screen.
it works something like this.
function onPcRight() { console.log(1);}
function onTouchRight() { console.log(2);}
$('#container').mousedown(function(ev) {
if (ev.button === BUTTON_RIGHT) {
if ($(this).prop('touchdown')) onTouchRight();
else onPcRight();
}
})
.on('touchstart', function() {
$(this).prop('touchdown', true);
})
.on('touchend', function() {
$(this).prop('touchdown', false);
});

I think you can use setTimeout/clearTimeout to count 1s. The pseudo code:
var global_timer = null;
$('#container').mousedown(function(ev) {
if (ev.button === 2) {
global_timer = setTimeout(fireTouchRightClick, 1000);
}
});
$('#container').mousemove(function(ev) {
cancelTouchRightClick();
});
$('#container').mouseleave(function(ev) {
cancelTouchRightClick();
});
$('#container').mouseup(function(ev) {
if (cancelTouchRightClick() && ev.button === 2) {
fireNormalRightClick();
}
});
function cancelTouchRightClick () {
if (global_timer) {
clearTimeout(global_timer);
global_timer = null;
return true;
}
return false;
}
function fireTouchRightClick () {
global_timer = null;
// TODO touch right click
}
I also found a repo to do mouse holding on Github: https://github.com/dna2github/dna2petal/tree/master/visualization
https://github.com/dna2github/dna2petal/blob/master/samples/visualization.html
Maybe you need to pass button type to the mousehold event callback

How to apply long click event and doubleclick event on the same element in javascript

I have an element(textArea). Now I would like a long press event and a double click event on the element. I am able to do this but I would also like to use event.preventDefault() in the mousedown event of long press event. This in turn prevents the dblClick event also.
The reason why I want to preventDefault is I am rendering an element on longPress and wanted to prevent the initial mouseDown as I am firing mousemove after longpress. I have searched and re-searched the net but am unable to find a good answer which solves the problem of long press and dblclick on the same element.
thanks!!

try this Demo
HTML
<input type="button" ondblclick="whateverFunc()" onmousedown="func(event)" onmouseup="revert()" value="hold for long"/>
JavaScript
var timer;
var istrue = false;
var delay = 3000; // how much long u have to hold click in MS
function func(e)
{
istrue = true;
timer = setTimeout(function(){ makeChange();},delay);
// Incase if you want to prevent Default functionality on mouse down
if (e.preventDefault)
{
e.preventDefault();
} else {
e.returnValue = false;
}
}
function makeChange()
{
if(timer)
clearTimeout(timer);
if(istrue)
{
/// rest of your code
alert('holding');
}
}
function revert()
{
istrue =false;
}
function whateverFunc()
{
alert('dblclick');
}

Jquery long press, stop short press action not working

I am trying to implement one event for a short press and a different for a long press. The short press is just doing the default action. The long press works, but also does the default action still. What am I missing?
HTML
<"Label for my Link"
Javascript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.recordlongpress').each(function() {
var timeout, longtouch;
$(this).mousedown(function() {
timeout = setTimeout(function() {
longtouch = true;
}, 1000);
}).mouseup(function(e) {
if (longtouch) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#popupPanel').popup("open");
return false;
} else {
return;
}
longtouch = false;
clearTimeout(timeout);
});
});
});
I followed the jQuery documentation and was under the impress "preventDefault" should stop the short press default action. Any examples I have found online do not seem to be exactly my situation. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. Thank you for any input.

You're returning from your "mouseup" handler before clearing the timeout and setting "longtouch" to false.
Try:
}).mouseup(function(e) {
var returnval;
if (longtouch) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#popupPanel').popup("open");
returnval = false;
}
longtouch = false;
clearTimeout(timeout);
return returnVal;
});
I'd also clear "longtouch" in the "mousedown" handler. That said, I wouldn't do this with mouse events. I'd use "touchstart" and "touchend". On touch screen devices, "mouse" events are simulated from touch events, and there's a distinct delay involved. (You may also want to detect whether the finger moved during the touch period.)

jsFiddle Demo
In your code these lines are unreachable
longtouch = false;
clearTimeout(timeout);
JS:
$('.recordlongpress').each(function () {
var timeout, longtouch = false;
$(this).mousedown(function () {
timeout = setTimeout(function () {
longtouch = true;
}, 1000);
e.preventDefault();
}).mouseup(function (e) {
clearTimeout(timeout);
if (longtouch == true) {
longtouch = false;
$('body').append("long press" + longtouch);
return false;
} else {
return;
}
});
});

#Pointy lead me towards a working solution for clicking events.
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.recordlongpress').bind('tap', function(event) {
return;
});
$('.recordlongpress').bind('taphold', function(event) {
$('#popupPanel').popup("open");
});
});
Something still needs to be added because upon a long press on my mobile device, the default options screen with the four options; open, save link, copy link URL and select text still pops up as well. I will add on the fix for that once I find it.

how to detect if a link was clicked when window.onbeforeunload is triggered?

I have window.onbeforeunload triggering properly. It's displaying a confirmation box to ensure the user knows they are navigating (closing) the window and that any unsaved work will be erased.
I have a unique situation where I don't want this to trigger if a user navigates away from the page by clicking a link, but I can't figure out how to detect if a link has been clicked inside the function to halt the function. This is what I have for code:
window.onbeforeunload = function() {
var message = 'You are leaving the page.';
/* If this is Firefox */
if(/Firefox[\/\s](\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent) && new Number(RegExp.$1) >= 4) {
if(confirm(message)) {
history.go();
}
else {
window.setTimeout(function() {
window.stop();
}, 1);
}
}
/* Everything else */
else {
return message;
}
}

You're looking for deferred event handling. I'll explain using jQuery, as it is less code:
window._link_was_clicked = false;
window.onbeforeunload = function(event) {
if (window._link_was_clicked) {
return; // abort beforeunload
}
// your event handling
};
jQuery(document).on('click', 'a', function(event) {
window._link_was_clicked = true;
});
a (very) poor man's implementation without jQuery's convenient delegation handling could look like:
document.addEventListener("click", function(event) {
if (this.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a') {
window._link_was_clicked = true;
}
}, true);
this allows all links on your page to leave without invoking the beforeunload handler. I'm sure you can figure out how to customize this, should you only want to allow this for a specific set of links (your question wasn't particularly clear on that).

var link_was_clicked = false;
document.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
if (e.target.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a') {
link_was_clicked = true;
}
}, true);
window.onbeforeunload = function() {
if(link_was_clicked) {
link_was_clicked = false;
return;
}
//other code here
}

You can differ between a link unload or a reload/user entering a different address unload s by using a timer. This way you know the beforeunload was triggered directly after the link click.
Example using jQuery:
$('a').on('click', function(){
window.last_clicked_time = new Date().getTime();
window.last_clicked = $(this);
});
$(window).bind('beforeunload', function() {
var time_now = new Date().getTime();
var link_clicked = window.last_clicked != undefined;
var within_click_offset = (time_now - window.last_clicked_time) < 100;
if (link_clicked && within_click_offset) {
return 'You clicked a link to '+window.last_clicked[0].href+'!';
} else {
return 'You are leaving or reloading the page!';
}
});
(tested in Chrome)

Trying to get Chrome to show a about to leave page using onbeforeunload

I am working on a Javascript that is suppose to do a click feature on an element as well as showing a pop-up asking if you want to really leave the site (close the tab). Now The code works fine on IE and Firefox. But Chrome while it does do the important thing in terms of doing the click(); It will not show a pop-up asking if I want to leave or not. I Don't know if its a feature I need to enable in the Chrome browser or something else. Here is the code I am using. Any help would be much appreciated.
var validNavigation = false;
function wireUpEvents() {
var dont_confirm_leave = 0;
var leave_message = document.getElementById("kioskform:broswerCloseSubmit");
function goodbye(e) {
if (!validNavigation) {
if (dont_confirm_leave!==1) {
if(!e) e = window.event;
//for IE
e.cancelBubble = true;
e.returnValue = leave_message.click();
//e.stopPropagation works in Firefox.
if (e.stopPropagation) {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
}
//return works for Chrome and Safari
return leave_message.click();
alert("Removing information.");
//add the code to delete the kiosk information here.
// this is what is to be done.
}
}
}
window.onbeforeunload=goodbye;
// Attach the event keypress to exclude the F5 refresh
jQuery('document').bind('keypress', function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 116){
validNavigation = true;
}
});
// Attach the event click for all links in the page
jQuery("a").bind("click", function() {
validNavigation = true;
});
// Attach the event submit for all forms in the page
jQuery("form").bind("submit", function() {
validNavigation = true;
});
// Attach the event click for all inputs in the page
jQuery("input[type=submit]").bind("click", function() {
validNavigation = true;
});
}
// Wire up the events as soon as the DOM tree is ready
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
wireUpEvents();
});

You have to return a string in the onbeforeunload function to show the message to the user, see also Setting onbeforeunload on body element in Chrome and IE using jQuery