How long should a press-and-hold-button action be?

Buttons, pens and fingers all may press and hold equally well. The length of time needed to hold before the action occurs should be about 1/2 second.

1. How long does a button press take?
2. How do you press and hold?
3. What is the hold button?

How long does a button press take?

Moreover, a button press is very fast, occurring within 100 milliseconds, and is too fast for correcting movement. The key to understanding button-pressing is therefore to understand how the brain adapts based on the limited sensations that are the residue of the brief press event.

How do you press and hold?

Press and hold means pressing the key for 1 or more seconds. Press and hold means to press and hold a key for 2-3 seconds, then release the key.

What is the hold button?

noun. a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.