Differentiate between “Normal” Click and Click after Dragging

Question

Problem

I have an image slider, and the issue is, that the click event on a preview image is fired after dragging. I showcased it in this video

Supposed Behavior

The click event should only be triggered when the user did not drag beforehand.

Code

isGrabbing: boolean = false;
    startX: number;
    startXPerc: number;
    translateX: number = 0;
    diffPerc: number;

    @ViewChild('slider') slider;

    onMouseDown(e: MouseEvent): void {
        const pageX = e.pageX;
        this.isGrabbing = true;
        this.startX = pageX - this.slider.nativeElement.offsetLeft;
        this.startXPerc = this.translateX;
    }

    onMouseUp(e: MouseEvent): void {
        this.isGrabbing = false;
    }

    onMouseMove(pageX: number): void {
        if (!this.isGrabbing) return;
        const x = pageX - this.slider.nativeElement.offsetLeft;
        const diff = this.startX - x;
        this.diffPerc = 100 * diff / this.slider.nativeElement.offsetWidth;
        this.translateX = this.startXPerc - this.diffPerc;
    }

    get translateXValue(): string {
        return `translateX(${this.translateX}%)`
    }

    onSmallItemClick(i: number): void {
        // this line should only be triggered
        // if the user did not drag beforehand
        this.animate(i * -100);
    }

Html:

<div
    class="small-slider-container"
    (mousedown)="onMouseDown($event)"
    (mousemove)="onMouseMove($event)"
    (mouseup)="onMouseUp($event)"
    #slider
>
    <div
        class="small-slider"
        [style.transform]="smallTranslateXValue"
        [class.grabbing]="smallSliderGrabbing"
        [class.grab]="!smallSliderGrabbing"
    >
        <div
            class="item"
            *ngFor="let i of images; let j = index"
            [style.left]="j * 10 + '%'"
            (click)="onSmallItemClick(j)"
        >
            <div class="content">
                <img src="{{ i }}">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

click is triggered after mouseup . Your onMouseUp function needs to be combined with onSmallItemClick .

At the moment, mousedown happens and sets isGrabbing to true, then mouseup sets it to false. So, by the time click fires the user is 'not' grabbing.

From w3.org :

The sequence of these events is:

 mousedown mouseup click