repeat Delay (property)

Get or set the delay before the first occurrence of the ControllerButtonEvent.Repeated event when a button is held.

Get

Get the current delay for the ||controller:A|| button.

controller.A.repeatDelay

Returns

• A number that is the current delay before the first ControllerButtonEvent.Repeated event occurs when the ||controller:A|| button is held

Set

controller.A.repeatDelay = 0

Parameter

• value: the new delay before the first ControllerButtonEvent.Repeated event occurs when the ||controller:A|| button is held

Examples

Move a stick figure to the left and right while ||controller:left|| and ||controller:right|| buttons are held, without any extra delay before the first movement.

let mySprite = sprites.create(img`
    . 6 6 6 6 6 .
    6 6 . . . 6 6
    6 . . . . . 6
    6 . . . . . 6
    6 6 . . . 6 6
    . 6 6 6 6 6 .
    . . . 6 . . .
    . . . 6 . . .
    . 6 6 6 6 6 .
    . . . 6 . . .
    . . . 6 . . .
    . . 6 . 6 . .
    . 6 . . . 6 .
`);

controller.left.repeatDelay = 0;
controller.right.repeatDelay = 0;

controller.left.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Repeated, function () {
    mySprite.x--;
});

controller.right.onEvent(ControllerButtonEvent.Repeated, function () {
    mySprite.x++;
});

See also

repeatInterval, onEvent