react-repeatable

A press and hold wrapper component that can trigger hold action multiple times while holding down.

Demo: https://cheton.github.io/react-repeatable

Installation

npm install --save react-repeatable

Usage

<Repeatable
    repeatDelay={500}
    repeatInterval={32}
    onPress{(event) => {
        // Callback fired when the mousedown or touchstart event is triggered.
    }}
    onHoldStart={() => {
        // Callback fired once before the first hold action.
    }}
    onHold={() => {
        // Callback fired mutiple times while holding down.
    }}
    onHoldEnd={() => {
        // Callback fired once after the last hold action.
    }}
    onRelease={(event) => {
        // Callback fired when the mouseup, touchcancel, or touchend event is triggered.
    }}
>
    Press Me
</Repeatable>

Repeatable Button

const RepeatableButton = ({ onClick, ...props }) => (
    <Repeatable
        tag="button"
        type="button"
        onHold={onClick}
        onRelease={onClick}
        {...props}
    />
);
 
<RepeatableButton onClick={handleClick} />

API

Sequence of Events

Hold action is occurred

onPress -> onHoldStart -> onHold (once or more) -> onHoldEnd -> onRelease

Hold action is not occurred

onPress -> onRelease

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
tag	element	'div'	A custom element for this component.
disabled	Boolean	false	Set it to true to disable event actions.
repeatDelay	Number	500	The time (in milliseconds) to wait before the first hold action is being triggered.
repeatInterval	Number	32	The time interval (in milliseconds) on how often to trigger a hold action.
repeatCount	Number	0	The number of times the hold action will take place. A zero value will disable the repeat counter.
onPress	Function(event)		Callback fired when the mousedown or touchstart event is triggered.
onHoldStart	Function()		Callback fired once before the first hold action.
onHold	Function()		Callback fired mutiple times while holding down.
onHoldEnd	Function()		Callback fired once after the last hold action.
onRelease	Function(event)		Callback fired when the mouseup, touchcancel, or touchend event is triggered.

License

MIT