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How to throttle checkbox check & uncheck actions

May I know how can I throttle checkbox check & uncheck actions to prevent users click checkbox and change the check & uncheck too frequently? How to use the throttle function to control the check & uncheck action? For example, we only change check & uncheck at most every 2000ms even user click 100 times.
reference: https://towardsdev.com/debouncing-and-throttling-in-javascript-8862efe2b563

const throttle = (func, limit) => {
  let inThrottle;
  return function() {
    if (!inThrottle) {
      func();
      inThrottle = true;
      setTimeout(() => inThrottle = false, limit);
    }
  }
}
<input type = "checkbox" id = "checkbox1">
<label for="checkAll">Checkbox 1</label>

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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You can use e.preventDefault() to control the check/uncheck action.

const throttle = (func, limit) => {
  let inThrottle;
  
  return function(e) {
    if (inThrottle) {
      return e.preventDefault();  // Prevents check/uncheck of the input
    }
    
    func();
    inThrottle = true;
    setTimeout(() => inThrottle = false, limit);
  }
}

function clickHandler() {}

document.getElementById("checkbox1").addEventListener("click", throttle(clickHandler, 2000))
<input type = "checkbox" id = "checkbox1">
<label for="checkAll">Checkbox 1 (Can only be changed every 2s)</label>

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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You can use Date.now() and measure the milliseconds.

const c = document.getElementById("c");

const throttleMs = 500; // how much you'd like to throttle in milliseconds
let lastClick = Date.now();
c.addEventListener("change", e => {
  // check if last date - current date is less than 500ms
  if (Date.now() - lastClick < throttleMs) {
    c.checked = !c.checked; // e.preventDefault() doesn't work for checkboxes
  }
  lastClick = Date.now();
});
<input type="checkbox" id="c" />

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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