timing mouseDown

[dunbarx at aol.com]

This worked in 1987, no reason to get all fancy with sending in time and so forth, and it is a case where the wait command is perfectly at home:


on mouseDown
  put the ticks into tStart
  wait until the mouse is up
  if the ticks - tStart < 20 then answer "Short Press"
  else answer "Long Press"
end mouseDown


Craig Newman


-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry Orkin <gerry.orkin at gmail.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 21, 2013 8:20 pm
Subject: Re: timing mouseDown


Use mousestilldown?

Gerry


On 22/02/2013, at 10:37 AM, Nicolas Cueto <niconiko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> On mobile apps, pressing a button-icon can have two results, depending on
> how long the button is held down.
> 
> I recollect having scripted this effect on LC in the past, using mouseDown
> and "send" and "cancel message". But I also recollect problems with the
> message queue.
> 
> So, what would an ideal LC script be for this, with both desktop and mobile
> platforms in mind?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Nicolas Cueto
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