Something like this? Did you try to implement this? It wasn't terribly difficult.
http://geoapis.appspot.com/agdnZW9hcGlzchMLEgtFeGFtcGxlQ29kZRjZsAIM -- http://twitter.com/broady On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Anna PS <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, but this doesn't work for me: it fires on single clicks and > simply waits for 500ms before firing doSomethingUseful. > > I really need a 'taphold' event: i.e. only fires if the user clicks > the map *and deliberately holds* it for 500ms. > > That way, you can be certain the user hasn't just touched the map > while moving the phone between hands - they really mean to fire the > event. > > I think this would be a really useful event for Google Maps. > > Any ideas, anyone? > > On Jun 10, 12:29 am, Esa <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 8, 8:34 pm, Anna PS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >Long-clickseems like a very handy event for mobile users > > > > Absolutely. I been doing it with something like: > > > > google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'mousedown', function(){ > > clearTimeout(map.pressButtonTimer); > > map.pressButtonTimer = setTimeout(function(){ > > doSomethingUseful(); > > }, 500); > > }); > > > > clearTimeout() is essential. Note that you can often see 'if()' > > statement with clearTimeout but that is not needed by Ecma standard. > > > > map.pressButtonTimer is a variable name, not any API property. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
