Elapsed time

[bjorna]

Hi

How can i determine the time elapsed between to mouse clicks?
What I want is the javaScript to display a warning message if the user clicks the same graphic button more than one time within e.g. 30 seconds.

Grateful for any answere.

rgds BjornA

 

[grega]

Off the top of my head ..

- While the page is loading set clickFlag=False
- Write a function to call when the user clicks the image;

function imgClick
// if the user has already clicked the image, the flag is set and we'll show the warning
if clickFlag
then
  message "Can't click this yet"
else
// flag isn't set so set it and schedule the reset function for 30 seconds
  clickFlag=True
  setTimeOut("resetClick",30 seconds)


function resetClick()
  clickFlag=False

Sorry if this is a bit vague but the principle is there. It'll be good practice translating my scribble into proper syntax anyway

Greg.

 

[bjorna]

Thanks Greg ! This works.

BjornA