Issue Listening For Mouse Held

SDL Development
1

Inside my typical event loop:

bool mouse_was_down = false;
bool want_to_run = true;
while (want_to_run)
{
  SDL_Event event = {};
  while (SDL_PollEvent(&event))
  {
    if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
    {
      want_to_run = false;
      break;
    }
    if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN && 
        event.button.button == SDL_BUTTON_LEFT)
    {
      if (mouse_was_down)
      {
        puts("HELD");
      }
      else
      {
        puts("FIRST");
      }

      if (!mouse_was_down) mouse_was_down = true;
    }
    if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP &&
        event.button.button == SDL_BUTTON_LEFT)
    {
      mouse_was_down = false;
    }
  }
}

If I hold the mouse down, “FIRST” is printed a single time. “HELD” does not get printed at all.
Why?

2

It seems that SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN is only reported on initial press. Confusing name as SDL_KEYDOWN is reported for repeated presses. Perhaps rename to SDL_MOUSEBUTTONPRESS?

Can use SDL_GetMouseState() for checking if held down.