# Button press inconsistent on ipad duet now?

**URL:** <https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/button-press-inconsistent-on-ipad-duet-now/295>\
**Category:** OSC/PILOT General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/button-press-inconsistent-on-ipad-duet-now/295 "2020-12-04T01:58:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@soup](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/soup)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/button-press-inconsistent-on-ipad-duet-now/295/1 "2020-12-04T01:58:47Z")

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was thinking that my button presses were not coming through consistently but i see now that it’s meant more to press quickly and move on. Is there a way to modify the button, or another widget to use, that is more for pressing and holding? So for VJ world to turn on a white strobe while i’m holding one down and then add other colors over the top by pressing other buttons for shorter intervals below … happy to make a video if it helps

using a tethered ipad via duet app

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**Author:** ![malcolm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.oscpilot.com/malcolm/32/19_2.png) [@malcolm](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/malcolm)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/button-press-inconsistent-on-ipad-duet-now/295/2 "2020-12-04T16:42:52Z")

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It should work for pressing and holding. Are you saying the behavior changed? If you use the mouse instead of via duet I assume it works as expected, right?