A view modifier that can reliably detect double clicks on macOS, even in List

SwiftUIDoubleClickModifier.swift

extension View {
    /// Adds a double click handler this view (macOS only)
    ///
    /// Example
    /// ```
    /// Text("Hello")
    ///     .onDoubleClick { print("Double click detected") }
    /// ```
    /// - Parameters:
    ///   - handler: Block invoked when a double click is detected
    func onDoubleClick(handler: @escaping () -> Void) -> some View {
        modifier(DoubleClickHandler(handler: handler))
    }
}

struct DoubleClickHandler: ViewModifier {
    let handler: () -> Void
    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
        content.overlay {
            DoubleClickListeningViewRepresentable(handler: handler)
        }
    }
}

struct DoubleClickListeningViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
    let handler: () -> Void
    func makeNSView(context: Context) -> DoubleClickListeningView {
        DoubleClickListeningView(handler: handler)
    }
    func updateNSView(_ nsView: DoubleClickListeningView, context: Context) {}
}

class DoubleClickListeningView: NSView {
    let handler: () -> Void

    init(handler: @escaping () -> Void) {
        self.handler = handler
        super.init(frame: .zero)
    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func mouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
        super.mouseDown(with: event)
        if event.clickCount == 2 {
            handler()
        }
    }
}

usage?
how to use ?

@hrzjanati there’s an example in the comment:

Text("Hello")
    .onDoubleClick { print("Double click detected") }

Can we enable VO + Space to mimic double click action when VO enabled ?

@hrzjanati there’s an example in the comment:

Text("Hello")
    .onDoubleClick { print("Double click detected") }

Thank's

This works, thanks! I spent days on this.

Glad to help!

Joel, this was a super-handy piece of code, thank you! May I ask what licensing you're applying to it?

@erichfin None, feel free to copy/modify/whatever. (I hope this comment can be legally binding 😀)

Ha, I'll take it! Thank you for the prompt response, and, again, for sharing the code Joel!