JavaScript while mousedown

You have to invoke the mousedown activity in some reasonable interval. I’d do this: var mousedownID = -1; //Global ID of mouse down interval function mousedown(event) { if(mousedownID==-1) //Prevent multimple loops! mousedownID = setInterval(whilemousedown, 100 /*execute every 100ms*/); } function mouseup(event) { if(mousedownID!=-1) { //Only stop if exists clearInterval(mousedownID); mousedownID=-1; } } function whilemousedown() { … Read more