react-long-press

A simple button that gives you ability to let the user long press and perform some activity as long as the user is pressing the button. Long Press is defined as the user holding the button with their mouse for a long time.

Installation:

npm install react-long-press

Usage:

import ReactHoldButton from 'react-long-press';

class Example extends React.Component {

  longPressStart = () => {
    console.log('Long press Started');
  };
  
  longPressEnd = () => {
    console.log('Long press Ends');
  };
  
  render(){
   return (<div>
        <LongPressBtn
          ref={(btn) => { this.holdButton = btn; }}
          longPressEnd={this.longPressEnd}
          longPressStart={this.longPressStart}
          pressCallbackTimeout={2000}
          className="my-delete-button"
        />
      </div>);
  }
}

Pass a custom className prop and add custom CSS for button looks. A simple one is given below

.my-delete-button {
  background-color: #fff;
  border: 1px solid red;
  border-radius: 2px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin-top: 8px;

  &:hover {
    background-color: red;
    color: #fff;
  }
}

API

• longPressStart - This function will be called when long press starts.

• longPressEnd - This function will be called when long press ends.

• pressCallback - [optional] This function will be called for every pressCallbackTimeout milliseconds.

• isPressed - This function is available with the instance. Returns true if the long press is active at any given time. Returns false if long press is not active at that moment.

  eg:

  <ReactHoldButton
     ref={(btn) => { this.holdButton = btn; }}
     {/* ..other props */}
   />
  
   Then, the function can be invoked as 
  
       this.holdButton.isPressed()

Props

• pressCallbackTimeout - [optional] Defines the timeout in milliseconds for which the pressCallback should be called. Default is 100.
• timeout - [optional] Defines the time the mouse should be held on the button for long press to start. Default is 300. When the user is holding their mouse down on the component for 300 milliseconds, the longPressStart callback is invoked.