jQuery mouse event on holding down left click

Question

Is there a jQuery event that fires only while holding down left mouse botton ?

I have tried the .mousedown() event but it doesn't seems to work for me.

I think that this answer your question [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3977091/jquery-mousedown-effect-while-left-click-is-held-down](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3977091/jquery-mousedown-effect-while-left-click-is-held-down) — Milan Mijatovic, Jan 20 '22 at 11:45
As per [mre] please show what you have tried and provide a more detailed explanation of what you are trying to accomplish and what the code does differently from expectations. See also [ask] — charlietfl, Jan 20 '22 at 12:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '22 at 11:47

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The button value in available in the mouse event. The buttons are numbered from the primary button at value 0 and upward. Look at this example.

const div = document.getElementById('log');
document.addEventListener('mousedown', function(e) {
    div.innerHTML+= ' '+e.button;
});

div {
  border: 1px solid #000;
  padding: 3px 5px;
  min-height: 1.5em;
}

<div id="log"></div>

answered Jan 20 '22 at 11:47

Gil

Ok, this seems to work better. I appreciate your help !!! – George Psachoulias Jan 20 '22 at 11:55

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