Hi perltux,

Use Button-1 for button-down events (as opposed to ButtonRelease-1 for button-up events). For example: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my $mw  = new MainWindow(-title => 'Button press example');
my $bt  = $mw->Button(-bg => '#ffefb5', -text => 'Press Me');
my $txt = $mw->Text(-bg => 'white');
$bt->pack($txt);
$bt->bind('<Button-1>'        => sub { button_down($txt) });
$bt->bind('<ButtonRelease-1>' => sub { button_up($txt) });
Tk::MainLoop;


sub button_down {
    my ($text) = @_;
    my $time = localtime(time());
    $text->insert("end", "$time:  Button Down\n");
}


sub button_up {
    my ($text) = @_;
    my $time = localtime(time());
    $text->insert("end", "$time:  Button Up\n");
}

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In reply to Re: Tk::Button: How do I trigger a callback when button is pressed (as opposed to released)? by golux
in thread Tk::Button: How do I trigger a callback when button is pressed (as opposed to released)? by perltux

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