# Continuous mouse down MouseEvent?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/continuous-mouse-down-mouseevent/253216>\
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**Created:** [February 28, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/continuous-mouse-down-mouseevent/253216 "2008-02-28T05:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![patrickjv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@patrickjv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/patrickjv)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/continuous-mouse-down-mouseevent/253216/1 "2008-02-28T05:46:29Z")

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MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN makes a function being performed only once. Is there a variation for MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN to perform a function continuously while the mouse(or actually a button) is being pressed down?

Or should I implement some extra functions into my main Event.ENTER\_FRAME function, checking for some boolean variable set to true/false changed by MOUSE\_DOWN / MOUSE\_UP? That will work I’m sure but is probably not the most efficient.  
P.