Need javascript code for button press and hold

Question

I\'d like a short smallest possible javascript routine that when a mousedown occurs on a button it first responds just like a mouseclick and then if the user keeps the butto

Answer 1

@glenuular: Thanks for this interesting approach! There were some small problems with it: - The start value was not reset, so on the second use it started too fast. - The start value was divided without limit, so it became very small after short time. - Arguments were not passed to the called method. (Now limited to 6 args, usually sufficient to pass 'ev').

    function holdit( btn, method, start, speedup ) {
    var t, keep = start;
    var repeat = function () {
        var args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments );
        method.apply( this, args );
        t = setTimeout( repeat, start, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5] );
        if ( start > keep / 20 ) start = start / speedup;
    }
    btn.onmousedown = btn.mousedown = repeat;
    //
    btn.onmouseout = btn.mouseout = btn.onmouseup = btn.mouseup = function () {
        clearTimeout( t );
        start = keep;
    }
};