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startPeriodicEvents(afterDelay:withPeriod:)

Begins generating periodic events for the current thread.

Declaration

class func startPeriodicEvents(afterDelay delay: TimeInterval, withPeriod period: TimeInterval)

Parameters

  • delay:

    The number of seconds that NSEvent should wait before beginning to generate periodic events.

  • period:

    The period in seconds between the generated events.

Discussion

Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if periodic events are already being generated for the current thread. This method is typically used in a modal loop while tracking mouse-dragged events.

See Also

Requesting and stopping periodic events