How do I create a timer for WPF

Question

I have a button_click event and a button_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown event. I want to set a timer for my button_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown event. If the user's mouse is down for more than 1 second, then my code executes the button_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown event. How can I accomplish this?

Hi.... well... basically, just as you say. It's exactly like that :-) — Stefan, Aug 27 '18 at 21:27
So if it is less than one second then it should do only button click? — Chetan, Aug 27 '18 at 21:34
Does this answer your question? [How do I create a timer in WPF?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11559999/how-do-i-create-a-timer-in-wpf) — StayOnTarget, Oct 21 '21 at 15:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 28 '18 at 05:48

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You should use a DispatcherTimer:

using System.Windows.Threading;
...

DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();
timer.Tick += TimerTick;
timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
timer.Start();
...

private void TimerTick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Put some code here
}

edited Aug 28 '18 at 05:48

Clemens

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answered Aug 27 '18 at 21:32

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How do I create a timer for WPF

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