AutoClick Delay guide

AutoClick / AutoClickDelay Guide

StyledButtons can invoke OnClick event automatically, after a Delay time, activating "AutoClick" option.

Properties to activate "AutoClick" option:

• AutoClickDelay (Integer): Delay in milliseconds to "auto click" the Button (default 5000).
• AutoClick (Boolean): Start the "auto click" process (default False).

By default the AutoClick property is set to False.

When AutoClick is set to True, the button starts to "paint" itself with a "hot color". The painting process continues for a time defined in AutoClickDelay.

At the end of the AutoClickDelay time, (when the button is "full painted"), the button click itself and reset AutoClick property.

AutoClick Demo:

The demo is located in the folder:

• {StyledComponents}\Demos\StyledButtonsDemo\Delphi10.3+\AutoClickDemo.dproj

or (for older Delphi version then 10.3):

• {StyledComponents}\Demos\StyledButtonsDemo\DelphiOld\AutoClickDemo.dproj

Also the StyledTaskdialog can use this function to AutoClick and close the Dialog.

In the Demo you can see this code, to call two different versions of a Styled TaskDialog with the AutoClick option:

  if cbUseCommandLinks.Checked then
    DoStyledTaskMessageDlg(
      'Dialog Title - use Command Links', LMessage,
      TMsgDlgType.mtConfirmation,
      [mbAbort, mbRetry, mbIgnore], 0, LAutoClickDelay, True)
  else
    DoStyledTaskMessageDlg('Dialog Title - use normal Buttons', LMessage,
      TMsgDlgType.mtWarning,
      [mbOK, mbCancel], 0, LAutoClickDelay, False)

If the user does not respond to the dialog box, it will close on its own!

TaskDialogDemo Demo:

Look also in the TaskDialogDemo located in the folder:

• {StyledComponents}Demos\StyledTaskDlgDemo\StyledTaskDialogDemo.dproj

Into this Demo you can see how to use the component TStyledTaskDialog to fully customize a Dialog Form, also with AutoClick/Delay option.