Repeat Button

The RepeatButton is a control that has the added feature of regularly generating click events while the button is being pressed down.

Useful Properties

You will probably use these properties most often:

Property	Description
Delay	The time (milliseconds) to wait before repeated click generation begins. Default is 300.
Interval	The time (milliseconds) between clicks being generated. Default is 100.

Example

This example shows a repeat button generating click events with the default interval and delay.

<Grid Margin="20" RowDefinitions="50,*">
  <RepeatButton Grid.Row="0" Click="ClickHandler">Press and hold down</RepeatButton>
  <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
    <TextBlock  Margin="0 10" x:Name="message">Ready...</TextBlock>
  </ScrollViewer>
</Grid>

C#

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public void ClickHandler(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
    {
        message.Text += "\rButton clicked!";
    }
}

More Information

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For the complete API documentation about this control, see here.

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View the source code on GitHub RepeatButton.cs