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The_Dj has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings, Monks

I have code simplified as:
$Win=Win32::GUI::Window->new( <blah>); $tv=$Win->AddTreeView( -onClick=> \&onClick_TreeView, -onDblClick => \&onDblClick_TreeView, -onRightClick => \&onRightClick, <blah> );

The problem is that Windows, being what it is, always calls the single click function.
According to Microsoft*, the single-click callback must wait 'DoubleClickTimeout' to see if the double-click callback set a global variable

Ok...
Tests show that if onClick_TreeView returns immediately, the onDblClick_TreeView gets called.

But
If I make onClick_TreeView wait 'DoubleClickTimeout' ms for that global variable, the Double-Click callback never happens.
Pretty sure its because it's all single-threaded.

Is there a clean solution?
Ideally I'd like to have just missed a -DontBeAnArseAboutDblClick common property,
But failing that, any best practice or common workarounds?
The solution recommended by Microsoft is to have the single-click callback set a timer to wait for a 2nd click, or honour the single
Isn't that the OS's JOB?

Anyway,
Thanks.

* https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/input-mouse/how-to-distinguish-between-clicks-and-double-clicks?view=netdesktop-5.0

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Re: Win32::GUI ; Click and DoubleClick
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 02, 2021 at 10:14 UTC
      A Perfectly workiing sample, with some other tricks I can use. 😄

      Thanks Much!(I always just read the site\lib\Win32\GUI\demos\* directly. Never bothered looking for the launcher.)