Stopping an onMouseDown process when the mouse is up

[stef]

Hello:

I would like a process to continue as long as the mouse is held down on
a button and to stop as soon as it is released. Something ideally like
this:
"while (ButtonIsDown) {i+ = 1}"

I tried the following in the button tag:

onMouseDown = "isDown = true; while(isDown) {i+=1}"
onMouseUp = "isDown = false"

but the mouseup event does not interrupt the onMouseDown process, so the
loop will continue endlessly.

The same kind of thing happens in the <bodyevents; one will not
interrupt the other.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

st******@optonline.net

[RobG]

stef wrote:

Hello:

Your followup-to field appears to be incorreclty set.

>
I would like a process to continue as long as the mouse is held down on
a button and to stop as soon as it is released. Something ideally like
this:

This thread covers it (seach for "onmousedown is not what I expect"):

<URL:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/co...0937955a293fd3

>

--
Rob

[stef]

In article <11*********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups. com>,
"RobG" <rg***@iinet.net.auwrote:

stef wrote:

Hello:

Your followup-to field appears to be incorreclty set.

I would like a process to continue as long as the mouse is held down on
a button and to stop as soon as it is released. Something ideally like
this:

This thread covers it (seach for "onmousedown is not what I expect"):

<URL:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/co...m/thread/1a5c0
02d226bccaf/ae0937955a293fd3?lnk=gst&q=onmousedown+is+not+what +I+expect+in+Jav
aScript&rnum=1#ae0937955a293fd3

Hello:

Thanks for the information - using the timeout as suggested in the
thread you mention completely solves my problem!

Stef