SingleClick.as

/* treat double click as a single click (hello, Mom! :-) 
 function onMouseDown(){
   if (!SingleClick()) return
   ...
 }
*/

package pierlis.framework
{   
  public function SingleClick(delay = SC.DELAY)
  { 
    return SC.singleClick(delay)
  }
}

import flash.utils.*

class SC
{
  static public const DELAY = 400
  static var secondClick = null
  static var timeoutId = null
  
  static public function clean()
  {
    clearTimeout(timeoutId)
    secondClick = false
  }
  static public function singleClick(delay = SC.DELAY)
  { 
    if (secondClick)
    {
      clean()
      return false
    }
    else
    {
      clean()
      timeoutId   = setTimeout(clean, delay)
      secondClick = true
      return true
    }
  }
}