📱 react-long-press-hook

Unlock the power of long-press interactions with react-long-press-hook! 🚀 This lightweight and highly customizable React hook lets you easily detect and handle long-press events in your applications. Whether you’re looking to enhance your UI with context menus, drag-and-drop functionality, action confirmations, or interactive tutorials, react-long-press-hook has got you covered.

✨ Features

• 🔧 Customizable: Easily configure thresholds, prevent default behavior, and more.
• 🪶 Lightweight: Minimal impact on your bundle size.
• 👐 Accessible: Works with both touch and mouse events.
• ⚡ Efficient: No unnecessary re-renders or performance hits.

📦 Installation

npm install react-long-press-hook

or

yarn add react-long-press-hook

📚 Use Cases

📜 Context Menus

Enable context menus on long-press to provide users with additional options or actions.

🖱️ Drag-and-Drop

Implement drag-and-drop functionality where a long-press initiates the dragging action.

✅ Action Confirmations

Use long-press to confirm actions, such as deleting an item, to prevent accidental taps.

🎓 Interactive Tutorials

Create interactive tutorials that require users to long-press on elements to reveal tips or further instructions.

🕹️ Custom Gesture Controls

Develop custom gesture controls for touch interfaces, enhancing user interaction on mobile devices.

🎮 Game Mechanics

Incorporate long-press actions as part of game mechanics, such as charging a power-up or revealing hidden objects.

🚀 Usage

Here is a basic example of how to use the useLongPress hook in your React application:

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { useLongPress } from 'react-long-press-hook';

const App = () => {
  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');

  const onLongPress = () => {
    setMessage('Long press detected!');
  };

  const onPressHold = () => {
    setMessage('Press and hold in progress...');
  };

  const onPressRelease = () => {
    setMessage('Press released');
  };

  const longPressEvent = useLongPress(onLongPress, {
    onStart: onPressHold,
    onFinish: onPressRelease,
    threshold: 2000, // milliseconds
    preventDefault: true,
    cancelOnMove: true,
  });

  return (
    <div>
      <button {...longPressEvent}>Long Press Me</button>
      <p>{message}</p>
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;

📚 API

useLongPress(callback, options)

Parameters

• callback (function): The function to call when a long-press is detected.
• options (object): Configuration options for the hook.
  • onStart (function): Function to call when the press starts.
  • onFinish (function): Function to call when the press ends.
  • threshold (number): Time in milliseconds to detect a long-press. Default is 300.
  • preventDefault (boolean): Whether to prevent the default context menu on long-press. Default is true.
  • cancelOnMove (boolean): Whether to cancel the long-press if the pointer moves. Default is false.
  • stopPropagation (boolean): Whether to stop event propagation. Default is false.

Returns

handlers (object): Event handlers to spread on the target element.

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