[FIXED] How to create QML button, which emits a constant signal while its pressed

Issue

I have a joystick with 4 buttons.

I need to call some short singleshot increment function again and again while i hold a button, so, i need a button, which emits a constant signal, while pressed.

I've tried onPressAndHold, but it's just emits only one signal after certain amount of time, when I need to emit a constant signal via pressing the button. (i just want to call a singleshot function every certain amount of time).

Of cource i can write a 'flag' button, which will start the function with a loop, which will work until flag is changed with onReleased method. But, i don't want to rewrite the function + using loops is not good for this project bc of it's overloaded architecture.

Solution

You can use autoRepeat and autoRepeatDelay.

Button {
    text: "Press"
    autoRepeat: true
    autoRepeatDelay: 100

    onPressed: console.log("pressing")
}

Answered By - iam_peter