How long was a button pressed?

[BehindTheStone]

Hey there!

Is there a nice way to measure the time while pressing a button?
Meaning: When I press and hold a button a "timer" should go off and if it the button is pressed long enough something happens.

I searched the forums already and only got some older postings where recording the time in OnPress and checking it in Update was suggested. A legit and good idea, but here's the thing:

When the button is pressed long enough there should "popup" another GUI-Window (Widget, Sprite etc.) with a label asking the Player something specific.
I wanted to achieve this with Coroutines and NGUI-Tween-Events. Coroutines don't work properly in Update() and I don't want to add Events every frame in Update() while the "timer" fulfills the condition.

1. void OnPress(bool pressed)
2. {
3. if(pressed)
4. {
5. // I know this won't work, but I add it anyways, so you get my idea:
6.  
7. timer += Time.deltatime;
8.  
9. if(timer >= x)
10. {
11. // Start Coroutines
12. // Do cool Eventstuff
13. }
14. }
15. }

Any suggestions?

[ArenMook]

1. void OnPress (bool pressed)
2. {
3.     if (pressed) StartCoroutine(YourCheckFunction());
4.     else StopAllCoroutines();
5. }
6.  
7. IEnumerator YourCheckFunction()
8. {
9.     yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
10.     // Do stuff
11. }

[BehindTheStone]

Damn. Of course!