--- key: mechanic/mouse--family-hold type: mechanic id: mouse--family-hold lang: en title: Hold and release summary: >- Pressing starts an action, holding changes its parameter and releasing completes it. Mini-golf uses this for preparing and taking a shot. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/mouse--family-hold/' jsonUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/mouse--family-hold.json' markdownUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/mouse--family-hold.md' aliases: [] tags: - Mouse interactions - Input and gestures sourceIds: - source-a7bcd0fbc9dc6475 sources: - id: source-a7bcd0fbc9dc6475 title: Golf With Your Friends url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: mouse id: family-hold title: Mouse interactions url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/mouse/#family-hold' categoryIds: - section-1 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Hold and release description: >- Pressing starts an action, holding changes its parameter and releasing completes it. Mini-golf uses this for preparing and taking a shot. image: src: images/mechanics/general-golf-with-friends-06.webp width: 1440 height: 810 game: Golf With Your Friends sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/431240/ss_eab882834b54a0a3eb89b4a658b72596f364e9e0.1920x1080.jpg?t=1789740480 credit: Blacklight Interactive / Team17 / Team17 rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Direction and power guide the ball toward the hole alt: Direction and power guide the ball toward the hole markers: - x: 52 'y': 63 label: The ball and aiming line retain the shot origin - x: 18 'y': 88 label: The power meter sets the shot strength tips: - Show current power and allow an unfinished action to be cancelled. examples: - title: Golf With Your Friends url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/mouse --- # Hold and release id: mouse--family-hold type: mechanic key: mechanic/mouse--family-hold lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/mouse--family-hold/ Pressing starts an action, holding changes its parameter and releasing completes it. Mini-golf uses this for preparing and taking a shot. ## At a glance ![Direction and power guide the ball toward the hole](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-golf-with-friends-06.webp) [Golf With Your Friends](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. The ball and aiming line retain the shot origin 2. The power meter sets the shot strength - Show current power and allow an unfinished action to be cancelled. - [Golf With Your Friends](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/) ## How it works The duration of pressing and the moment of release become part of the control. ## Variants ### Variants and applications - Action while the button is pressed. Action: Hold the button for a continuous effect. Application: Automatic fire, protection, fluid flow, drill work. Conditions: If focus is lost, the action must be completed safely. - Auto repeat when held. Action: After a delay, repeat the discrete command while the button is pressed. Application: Buy by unit, change the counter, re-mining. Conditions: Set the delay, repeat tempo and immediate stop. - Accumulation of strength. Action: Hold the button; duration determines the power. Application: Shot charge, jump force, throw, impact intensity. Conditions: Show scale and limit; the duration is not equal to the physical force of pressing. - Long press as a separate command. Action: Hold longer than the threshold instead of a short click. Application: Inspection instead of use, extended actions, mode change. Conditions: Do not perform an irreversible short click until the hold is recognized. - Continuous confirmation. Action: Hold until the indicator completes. Application: Reset confirmation, start of a dangerous mechanism, long-term interaction. Conditions: Provide a clear way to cancel and an alternative to holding. - Release command. Action: Pressing prepares an action, releasing it starts it. Application: Release an arrow, throw an object, complete placement. Conditions: Determine in advance how to cancel a prepared action. - Separation of pressing and releasing. Action: Assign the start and end of pressing to different phases. Application: Grab → release; inhale → exhale; open → close valve. Conditions: The state should not hang if the release event is lost. - Short and long hold. Action: Select the action option by duration before releasing. Application: Light and heavy blow, short and high jump. Conditions: The boundaries of the options need to be explained and tested on different users. - Accumulation by impulses. Action: Press and release in series; pauses change the accumulated effect. Application: Pumping up the pump, maintaining pressure, warming up the instrument. Conditions: Show both the increase and decrease of the accumulated value. - Temporary hold mode. Action: Work in mode only until the button is released. Application: Magnifying glass, block, slow motion, temporary map viewing. Conditions: You can offer an option with switching instead of holding. - Fixing the capture with a click. Action: Click to grab, move without holding, click to release. Application: Carrying objects, building, an accessible alternative to dragging. Conditions: Need a noticeable grab and cancel mode. - Cancel by leaving the target. Action: Press on the control, move the pointer, then release. Application: Cancel accidental button presses before executing the command. Conditions: Apply to normal buttons; For dragging the rules are different. ## Context and limits Author's working classification for designing games and interactions. Options can overlap and combine; the list is not a generally accepted standard or proven exhaustive list. Application examples are conditional unless a specific verifiable observation is indicated nearby. Sources support individual techniques and technical limitations. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. - [Golf With Your Friends](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431240/) (id: source-a7bcd0fbc9dc6475) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors