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Count label clicks once in inline events - #133
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A click on a label makes the browser dispatch a second click on the labelled control. Both bubbled to the inline event listener, so one click on a label inside a data-simple-event element sent the event twice. After a label click sends an inline event, remember the label's control and skip the next click whose composed path contains it. The label is the first label in event.composedPath(), so labels in open shadow roots, slotted label text and shadow-DOM components inside labels are handled too. The control is not remembered when the click was on or inside it, because browsers don't forward those clicks. A zero-delay timeout clears it for label clicks the browser doesn't forward, such as cancelled ones. Submit events are never skipped, and independent clicks are counted as before. When the label and its control resolve to different tagged elements, the tag of the clicked label wins, matching the nearest-tag rule for other clicks. Untagged labels still send the control's event. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Issue #131 requires one event for one label click, including explicit and wrapping labels, while preserving independent quick clicks. The PR adds per-task deduplication for repeated non-form clicks an… |
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#131requires one event for one label click, including explicit and wrapping labels, while preserving independent quick clicks. The PR adds per-task deduplication for repeated non-form clicks and clears the remembered element with a zero-delay timer. The unit test covers explicit labels, wrapping labels, direct control clicks, and a canceled label click. The reported build and unit-test results support the implementation. No linked coding requirement remains unmet.
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1150-1150: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winBuild an ancestor path when
composedPath()is unavailable.If a user clicks a
<span>inside a label, the fallback path contains only the span. The search at Line 1184 then misses the label, and the label click and forwarded control click both send inline events. WalkparentNodefor the fallback path so this case receives the same de-duplication.composedPath()normally supplies the event’s invocation path. (dom.spec.whatwg.org)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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1188-1189: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDo not record a control for an already canceled label click.
If a label listener calls
preventDefault(), no forwarded control click follows. Line 1189 still records the control, so an independentinput.click()in the same task is discarded at Line 1152. Checkevent.defaultPreventedbefore recording the control. The test at Line 111 waits for the timer and therefore does not exercise the immediate click. Canceling an event signals that its default action must not run. (dom.spec.whatwg.org)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 1150: Update the `event.composedPath` fallback to build a path from
`element` through its `parentNode` ancestors instead of containing only
`element`; preserve the native `composedPath()` path when available so label
detection and click de-duplication work consistently.
- Around line 1188-1189: Update the label-click handler around labelControl
assignment to check event.defaultPrevented before recording label.control.
Preserve the existing path check and control-forwarding behavior for clicks that
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Local validation is unchanged: 62 unit tests pass, and Chrome 155, Firefox 157 and WebKit 27.2 send one event per click in all 24 scenarios except the documented limitations. |
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| var label = path[0]; | ||
| for (var j = 1; label && label.tagName !== "LABEL"; j++) | ||
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| // Remember the control, unless the click was on or inside it | ||
| if (label && label.control && path.indexOf(label.control) < 0) { | ||
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this is way to overenginered. if it can be fixed by a simple check, do it. otherwise. don't make this important.
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Simplified to one check in 9647503: no state, timer or composed-path search anymore. A label click is ignored when its control is inside the same tagged element, since the browser clicks the control right after. latest.js went from +107 B to +64 B gzip. One test, passing (57 total), and Chrome, Firefox and WebKit send one event per label click.
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Replaced the label check in c15f335 with a generic rule: a tagged element sends at most one click event per task (one variable and a zero-delay timeout, +29 B gzip). No element types are listed. Label clicks, shadow DOM and custom controls send one event, and separate visitor clicks still count.
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| var path = event.composedPath ? event.composedPath() : [element]; | ||
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| if (event.type === "click" && path.indexOf(labelControl) > -1) | ||
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also a bit much code for a simple fix.
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Done in 9647503. The inline event change is now 4 lines and one test.
Drop the remembered control, timer and composed path search. Ignore a label click when its control is inside the same tagged element: the browser clicks the control right after, and that click is counted. The closest() call matches interactive elements first, so clicks on the control itself or on a link or button inside the label still count. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| // Browsers repeat a label click on its control, so only count that one | ||
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| event.target.closest("a,button,input,label,select,textarea"); | ||
| if (label && label.control && element.contains(label.control)) return; |
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A tagged label whose control sits outside the label but inside another tagged ancestor still sends two events for one click: with <div><label for="y">Y</label><input id="y" type="checkbox"></div> the label click sends lbl (control not contained in the label) and the forwarded control click then sends outer. Comparing the control's own nearest tagged ancestor with element instead of using element.contains would cover it, otherwise it is worth adding to the limitations list in the description next to the shadow-root case.
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Confirmed. This happens when the label click resolves to a tagged element that doesn't contain the control, but the control is inside another tagged element. Covering it needs a second walk from the control to its tagged ancestor. The goal for this PR is the smallest fix for the common case, so I left it out and listed it under the limitations in the description.
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- Line 1164: Update the label-click handling around the `label.control`
containment guard so a click on a nested tagged element is suppressed when label
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Suppress label clicks when the control uses a different nested tag.
For <div data-simple-event="outer"><label><span data-simple-event="caption">Text</span><input data-simple-event="control"></label></div>, clicking the span selects caption as element. The input is outside that span, so this guard sends caption; label activation then clicks the input and sends control. One interaction still produces two events. Check whether the control click will reach a tagged ancestor before sending the label click, and add this nested-tag case to the test. The HTML Standard describes label activation of an associated control. (html.spec.whatwg.org)
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Review comment at @src/default.js at line 1164:
Update the label-click handling around the `label.control` containment guard so
a click on a nested tagged element is suppressed when label activation will also
click the control and produce its tagged event. Check whether the control click
reaches a tagged ancestor before sending the label click, and add a test for the
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Confirmed. This happens when the label click resolves to a tagged element that doesn't contain the control, but the control is inside another tagged element. Covering it needs a second walk from the control to its tagged ancestor. The goal for this PR is the smallest fix for the common case, so I left it out and listed it under the limitations in the description.
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@simpleanalytics-agent Thanks for the guidance. I accept this as a documented limitation of the minimal fix in #133. No further change is needed for this PR.
Would you like me to open a follow-up issue for the nested-tag case?
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Learning: In simpleanalytics/scripts PR #133, the author intentionally limits label-click deduplication in src/default.js to the common case where the tracked element contains the associated control, to minimize script size. Duplicate events from separate nested tags are an accepted, documented limitation of this PR, not a required scope extension.
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Replace the label and element-type check with a simpler rule: a tagged element sends at most one click event per task. The browser dispatches a label's forwarded control click in the same task as the label click, so it is skipped, while separate visitor clicks run in separate tasks and still count. This also covers labels in shadow DOM and custom controls, and cancelled or disabled labels still send their event. Form submissions are not affected. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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73-74: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winMake the canceled-label assertion distinguish activation.
The first label click has already selected the radio. The later assertion that it is still checked passes even if
preventDefault()fails to stop control activation. Set the radio to unchecked before the canceled click, then assert that it remains unchecked. Keep the four-event assertion.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Fixes #131
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v12(#40). Reported in this review thread.A click on a
<label>makes the browser click its control right after. Both clicks reached the inline event listener, so one label click inside adata-simple-eventelement sent two events.A tagged element now sends at most one click event per task. The browser dispatches the forwarded control click in the same task as the label click, so it is skipped. Separate visitor clicks always run in separate tasks and still count. A zero-delay
setTimeoutclears the remembered element. No element types are listed, and form submissions are not affected.The rule also covers labels in shadow DOM and custom controls. Cancelled label clicks and labels of disabled controls still send their event.
v12foror wrapping label inside a tagged elementlabel.click()outer+inner)Size:
latest.js+62 B minified, +29 B gzip.light.js,embed.jsandauto-events.jsare unchanged.Security implications
Testing
test/unit/inline-events.test.jscoversforand wrapping labels, a direct control click and a cancelled label click. It fails onv12and passes now. One existing test that clicked the same button twice in one task now waits a task between the clicks.pnpm run build && pnpm run test:unit: 57 passing. Prettier,git diff --checkandpnpm run typecheckpass, and the builtlatest.jsparses as ES5.label.click()are counted. In Chrome, clicks 20, 50 and 100 ms apart, a real double-click, and a second click during a 200 ms busy task all count separately. Only back-to-back automated clicks under ~20 ms merge..click()calls on one element merge here.Summary by CodeRabbit
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