Image button (press and hold)

[Bomma72]

Hi, is there a way to use the image button so that when I press it down it will continue to fire so to speak.

For instance if I were to an raise volume button so that when you push it down the volume would continue to raise.

I looked in the settings but I didn’t see it.  Should i be using the timer for this?  If so is there and example of the timer anywhere?

Maybe a while loop connected to the button in momentary mode?

Thanks!

[atom]

Yes you need a timer in a loop. That needs lua no doubt. In the example panels there is an animation demo that uses timers and moves stuff around on the screen, that can be a starting point.

[Bomma72]

OK, gonna give it a shot tonight.

[Bomma72]

OK I took a look at this.  I think I get how the timer works, however is there a button property such as pressed, Released or down, up.  I am using the Momentary mode and I was hoping it would work like when I press and hold the button down it would be set to 1 but when I released it it would go back to 0.  That way the button could work like some scroll buttons on synths where while you hold the button down it scrolls through options.

However it doesn’t seem to work this way, so i am wondering if there is a property I can check to see if the button is down.

Let me know if you get what I am asking for, or if it doesn’t make sense I will try to explain it better.

 

 

[Bomma72]

Anyone have any luck with what I am describing?

[dasfaker]

Use a uiCustomComponent, there you can assign a script for every mouse state.

[Bomma72]

OK I will give that a try.

[atom]

I’ll try do add some functionality to normal buttons so that they work this way. But you must remind me of that, i got a lot of stuff pending.

[Bomma72]

Well if I can make the custom component work then I would be fine with that, so really no rush.

[Bomma72]

Hey tried this last night and got it to work.  It requires sticking the custom component in front of the actual button and then using lua change the button status via the custom component but it works great.  Also making the button inactive.

Thanks for all the help.

[Bomma72]

Hey atom,

you said to remind you.

[atom]

I added something that you might find useful, check out the latest nightly and the Repeat and RepeatRate properties for a uiButton or uiImageButton

[Bomma72]

OK cool, thanks.

[Bomma72]

Hey Atom, does this also go for the OS X, version as well.  I couldn’t find it.

 

[atomix1040]

the mac build is not up to date.

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