AHAH OK got it its one of the parameters when initializing the timer... ok...
sorry for the noob question...
:D
On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:47 PM, slasktrattena...@gmail.com wrote:
> The performholdAction is your timer's fire method. You set the timer
> to fire after one second. If the mouse button goes up before that, you
> invalidate the timer and so performholdAction is never called.
>
> -f
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Gustavo Pizano
> <gustavxcodepic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So let me see if I get it.
>>
>> Start the timer on mouseDown... and invalidate it on mouseUp, got that.. now
>> the performholdAction method that you declared in the example, I call it
>> from within...... ??? because I guess in this method I will check if the
>> time its already 1 sec and show the menu...
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>>
>> G..
>> PS.. I need a after lunch coffee!!
>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:24 PM, slasktrattena...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, haven't had my morning coffee yet. Of course, mouseUp should be:
>>>
>>> -(void)mouseUp:(NSEvent*)ev
>>> {
>>> if ( [timer isValid] ) {
>>> [timer invalidate];
>>> [timer release];
>>> timer = nil;
>>> // perform single-click action
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM, slasktrattena...@gmail.com
>>> <slasktrattena...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Simple. Start a timer on mouse down, invalidate it on mouse up.
>>>> Something like this (written in mail):
>>>>
>>>> NSTimer *timer;
>>>>
>>>> -(void)mouseDown:(NSEvent*)ev
>>>> {
>>>> timer=[[[NSTimer alloc] blah ...] retain];
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> -(void)mouseUp:(NSEvent*)ev
>>>> {
>>>> if ( [timer isValid] ) {
>>>> [timer invalidate];
>>>> [timer release];
>>>> timer = nil;
>>>> } else {
>>>> // perform single-click action
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> -(void)performHoldAction:(NSTimer*)tmr
>>>> {
>>>> // pop up menu
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> -fabian
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Gustavo Pizano
>>>> <gustavxcodepic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>> I want to show a custom menu when the left click its being press for
>>>>> about 1 second on some of my components.. I have being searching and
>>>>> found a apple example where the use the
>>>>> +
>>>>> (void)startPeriodicEventsAfterDelay:(NSTimeInterval)delaySecondswithPeriod:(NSTimeInterval)periodSeconds
>>>>>
>>>>> and the stopPeriodicEvents class methods. I tried implementing something
>>>>> like:
>>>>>
>>>>> BOOL timerOn = YES;
>>>>> NSPoint mouseLoc;
>>>>> NSLog(@"before loop");
>>>>> NSUInteger eventMask = NSLeftMouseDownMask| NSLeftMouseUpMask |
>>>>> NSPeriodicMask;
>>>>> while ((theEvent = [[self window]
>>>>> nextEventMatchingMask:eventMask])) {
>>>>> NSLog(@"onLoop");
>>>>> switch ([theEvent type]) {
>>>>> case NSLeftMouseUp:
>>>>> NSLog(@"up");
>>>>> timerOn = NO;
>>>>> [NSEvent stopPeriodicEvents];
>>>>> break;
>>>>> case NSLeftMouseDown:
>>>>> NSLog(@"down");
>>>>> [NSEvent startPeriodicEventsAfterDelay:0.1
>>>>> withPeriod:0.1];
>>>>> break;
>>>>>
>>>>> default:
>>>>> break;
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> But of course its completely wrong, it never go out from the loop... I
>>>>> tried a different approach usign a NSTimer, but found myself going
>>>>> nowhere also...
>>>>>
>>>>> Can somebody give me some advice, or where can I find info?, i have been
>>>>> looking around but hadn't found something... I know this should have been
>>>>> asked already, so there must be a way to do this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance .. and happy new year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gustavo
>>>>>
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