# LongPressGesture
**LongPressGesture** is used to trigger a long press gesture, which requires one or more fingers with a minimum 500 ms hold-down time.
> **NOTE**
>
> This gesture is supported since API version 7. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.
## APIs
LongPressGesture(value?: { fingers?: number, repeat?: boolean, duration?: number })
**Parameters**
| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| fingers | number | No| Minimum number of fingers to trigger a long press gesture. The value ranges from 1 to 10.
Default value: **1**|
| repeat | boolean | No| Whether to continuously trigger the event callback.
Default value: **false**|
| duration | number | No| Minimum hold-down time, in ms.
Default value: **500**|
## Events
| Name| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| onAction(event:(event?: [GestureEvent](ts-gesture-settings.md)) => void) | Callback invoked when a long press gesture is recognized.|
| onActionEnd(event:(event?: [GestureEvent](ts-gesture-settings.md)) => void) | Callback invoked when the finger used for a long press gesture is lift.|
| onActionCancel(event: () => void) | Callback invoked when a tap cancellation event is received after a long press gesture is recognized.|
## Example
```ts
// xxx.ets
@Entry
@Component
struct LongPressGestureExample {
@State count: number = 0
build() {
Flex({ direction: FlexDirection.Column, alignItems: ItemAlign.Center, justifyContent: FlexAlign.SpaceBetween }) {
Text('LongPress onAction:' + this.count)
}
.height(200).width(300).padding(60).border({ width:1 }).margin(30)
.gesture(
LongPressGesture({ repeat: true })
// Repeatedly triggered when the long press gesture exists.
.onAction((event: GestureEvent) => {
if (event.repeat) { this.count++ }
})
// Triggered when the long press gesture ends.
.onActionEnd(() => {
this.count = 0
})
)
}
}
```
