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frob
How would I go about detecting how long a button has been pressed. I can use Input.is_action_pressed to determine which action is pressed but I cannot tell how to see how long a button has been pressed.
Edit: sorry, i thought you mentionned GUI buttons^^
There are several ways depending on what you want to do with this.
Connect signals button_down and button_up, memorize the time it was when it gets down, and when it gets up, do the difference between current time and memorized time:
var _time_when_pushed_down = 0
func _on_Button_button_down():
_time_when_pushed_down = OS.get_ticks_msec()
func _on_Button_button_up():
var duration_pressed = (OS.get_ticks_msec() - _time_when_pushed_down) / 1000.0
Another way is to accumulate delta while it’s pressed:
var _duration_pressed = 0
func _pressed():
# Reset time when it becomes pressed
_duration_pressed = 0
func _process(delta):
if pressed:
_duration_pressed += delta
I also thought GUI Buttons were the question topic, however, that’s not why I write this comment; I think it would be great if it could be set in the Editor because it’s way easier for how long a button stays pressed because of the visuals, what do y’all think?