JQuery onClickHold

Execute some function when button is hold pressed for some time

by Sergey Semyshin

HTML

<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/" id="HoldListener">

JavaScript

//Add custom event listener
$(':root').on('mousedown', '*', function() {
    var el = $(this),
        events = $._data(this, 'events');
    if (events && events.clickHold) {
        el.data(
            'clickHoldTimer',
            setTimeout(
                function() {
                    el.trigger('clickHold')
                },
                el.data('clickHoldTimeout')
            )
        );
    }
}).on('mouseup mouseleave mousemove', '*', function() {
    clearTimeout($(this).data('clickHoldTimer'));
});

//Attach it to the element
$('#HoldListener').data('clickHoldTimeout', 2000); //Time to hold
$('#HoldListener').on('clickHold', function() {
    alert('Worked!');
});