From f568166fb8becf7bc78bf57c1e8a7f7f1c53c7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BDisp <bd.bdisp@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:54:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1091. Continuous button pressed not working properly
 on Linux.

---
 .../CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs              | 44 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
index 1bab57fb9..53e5dd6d2 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/CursesDriver.cs
@@ -269,23 +269,9 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 				}
 
 				if ((mouseFlag & MouseFlags.ReportMousePosition) == 0) {
-					Task.Run (async () => {
-						while (IsButtonPressed && LastMouseButtonPressed != null) {
-							await Task.Delay (100);
-							var me = new MouseEvent () {
-								X = cev.X,
-								Y = cev.Y,
-								Flags = mouseFlag
-							};
-
-							var view = Application.wantContinuousButtonPressedView;
-							if (view == null)
-								break;
-							if (IsButtonPressed && LastMouseButtonPressed != null && (mouseFlag & MouseFlags.ReportMousePosition) == 0) {
-								mouseHandler (me);
-								//mainLoop.Driver.Wakeup ();
-							}
-						}
+					Application.MainLoop.AddIdle (() => {
+						ProcessContinuousButtonPressedAsync (cev, mouseFlag).ConfigureAwait (false);
+						return false;
 					});
 				}
 
@@ -342,7 +328,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			};
 		}
 
-		private MouseFlags ProcessButtonClickedEvent (Curses.MouseEvent cev)
+		MouseFlags ProcessButtonClickedEvent (Curses.MouseEvent cev)
 		{
 			LastMouseButtonPressed = cev.ButtonState;
 			var mf = GetButtonState (cev, true);
@@ -358,7 +344,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			return mf;
 		}
 
-		private MouseFlags ProcessButtonReleasedEvent (Curses.MouseEvent cev)
+		MouseFlags ProcessButtonReleasedEvent (Curses.MouseEvent cev)
 		{
 			var mf = MapCursesButton (cev.ButtonState);
 			if (!cancelButtonClicked && LastMouseButtonPressed == null && !isReportMousePosition) {
@@ -371,6 +357,26 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			return mf;
 		}
 
+		async Task ProcessContinuousButtonPressedAsync (Curses.MouseEvent cev, MouseFlags mouseFlag)
+		{
+			while (IsButtonPressed && LastMouseButtonPressed != null) {
+				await Task.Delay (100);
+				var me = new MouseEvent () {
+					X = cev.X,
+					Y = cev.Y,
+					Flags = mouseFlag
+				};
+
+				var view = Application.wantContinuousButtonPressedView;
+				if (view == null)
+					break;
+				if (IsButtonPressed && LastMouseButtonPressed != null && (mouseFlag & MouseFlags.ReportMousePosition) == 0) {
+					mouseHandler (me);
+					//mainLoop.Driver.Wakeup ();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		MouseFlags GetButtonState (Curses.MouseEvent cev, bool pressed = false)
 		{
 			MouseFlags mf = default;