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Adds a "Button Timing" section to the Macros page for the new debounce, long press and double press settings (wled/WLED#5844)

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified that short- and double-press actions are detected after button release.
    • Documented configurable debounce, long-press, double-press, and repeat timings, including their ranges, defaults, and behavior. Noted that repeat delay cannot be shorter than the repeat interval.
    • Clarified that long-press timing settings do not change button 0’s fixed 5-second access-point and 10-second factory-reset hold times.
    • Linked the advanced button settings option to the timing details.

Add a "Button Timing" section to the Macros page for the new debounce, long press and double press settings (wled/WLED#5844)
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The documentation describes when short- and double-press actions are detected, configurable button timings, and button-specific long-press behavior. The Buttons setting documentation links to the advanced timing options.

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Button timing documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Button timing guidance
docs/features/macros.md, docs/features/settings.md
The feature documentation describes press detection, timing ranges and defaults, delayed short-press actions, and long-press behavior. The Buttons setting links to the advanced settings and timing details.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

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Users on the current stable firmware may be directed to unavailable timing settings; update the availability wording before relying on this documentation.

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The change affects 1 system.

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  • observed — docs (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/features/macros.md: The description now says short- and double-press actions are detected after button release, replacing the prior wording that referred generally to detecting the action.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/features/macros.md: Adds Button Timing guidance for configuring debounce (0–100 ms, default 50), long-press (200–4000 ms, default 600), double-press (100–1000 ms, default 350), repeat delay (100–4000 ms, default 600), and repeat interval (100–4000 ms, default 200). It describes delayed short-press execution when a double-press action is configured, long-press repetition except on button 0, and the rule that repeat delay cannot be shorter than repeat interval. It also states that these settings do not change button 0’s fixed access-point and factory-reset hold times.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/features/settings.md: The Buttons description adds the Show Advanced Button Settings option and links it to Button Timing, naming debounce, long-press, double-press, and repeat times.
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A rabbit taps a button, then waits for the release,
Debounce, holds, and repeats each have their place.
A double press delays the short one just a bit,
Button zero keeps its special hold-time fit.
The settings point to timings, neat and clear,
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- Around line 111-123: Remove the Button Timing section from the macros
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### Button Timing

_(available since 17.0.0)_

You can change how WLED times button presses. This helps with buttons that are hard to press quickly, like buttons with long travel or stiff springs.

Open **Config** > **LED Preferences**, go to **Buttons** and tick **Show Advanced Button Settings**.

| Setting name | Value Range | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Debounce time | 0–100 ms | 50 | Ignores button input shorter than this. This filters out contact noise |
| Long press time | 200–4000 ms | 600 | How long you hold a button before the long press action runs |
| Double press time | 100–1000 ms | 350 | The longest gap between two presses that still counts as a double press |

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WLED official releases firmware 17.0.0 WLED 0.17.0 button timing settings PR 5844

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**WLED 0.17.0 does not appear among the official releases**: the official GitHub releases page lists v16.0.1 and v16.0.0 as the newest stable releases in the available results. ([github.com](https://github.com/wled/WLED/releases?utm_source=openai))

I couldn’t verify **PR #5844** or establish that it adds button-timing settings: searching WLED’s official GitHub sources did not surface that PR. The WLED settings documentation describes button macros for short presses, but doesn’t confirm configurable timing thresholds. ([github.com](https://github.com/wled/WLED/wiki/Settings/1772b693200dbf269da295162924390f5172b407?utm_source=openai))

So the link between “firmware 17.0.0,” “WLED 0.17.0,” and “PR 5844” remains unverified. The official releases page is the closest source for checking release status. ([github.com](https://github.com/wled/WLED/releases?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/wled/WLED/releases?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/wled/WLED/wiki/Settings/1772b693200dbf269da295162924390f5172b407?utm_source=openai
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Defer the Button Timing section until PR 5844 ships.

WLED has no official 17.0.0 release or tag. The latest stable release is v16.0.1, while PR 5844 remains open and unmerged. Users on supported firmware can follow these instructions and find Show Advanced Button Settings absent.

Remove this section until the feature is included in an official release.

Suggested fix
-### Button Timing
-
-_(available since 17.0.0)_
-
-You can change how WLED times button presses. This helps with buttons that are hard to press quickly, like buttons with long travel or stiff springs.
-
-Open **Config** > **LED Preferences**, go to **Buttons** and tick **Show Advanced Button Settings**.
-
-| Setting name | Value Range | Default | Description |
-| --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Debounce time | 0–100 ms | 50 | Ignores button input shorter than this. This filters out contact noise |
-| Long press time | 200–4000 ms | 600 | How long you hold a button before the long press action runs |
-| Double press time | 100–1000 ms | 350 | The longest gap between two presses that still counts as a double press |
-
-On buttons with a double press action, WLED waits for the double press time before it runs a short press. A longer double press time makes short presses feel slower.
-
-If you keep holding a button (except button 0), the long press action repeats. It runs once after the long press time, then again after a 0.6 second pause, and then every 0.2 seconds. This is how holding a button dims the lights.
-
-!!! info
-    The long press time doesn't change button 0's hold times. Opening the access point still takes 5 seconds, and a factory reset still takes 10 seconds.
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Review comment at @docs/features/macros.md around lines 111 - 123:
Remove the Button Timing section from the macros documentation until the feature
ships in an official release. Locate it by the “Button Timing” heading and
remove the section’s availability note, instructions, settings table, behavior
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- Add the "Long-press repeat delay" and "Long-press repeat interval"
  settings (wled/WLED#5844) to the Button Timing table
- Describe repeat timing in terms of these settings, and that the delay
  can't be shorter than the interval
- Hyphenate the compound modifiers to match the UI labels
  ("Long-press time", "Double-press time", "long-press action")

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Comment thread docs/features/macros.md

On buttons with a double-press action, WLED waits for the double-press time before it runs a short press. A longer double-press time makes short presses feel slower.

If you keep holding a button (except button 0), the long-press action repeats. It runs once after the long-press time, again after the repeat delay, and then once every repeat interval. With the defaults, that's a 0.6 second pause, then a repeat every 0.2 seconds. This is how holding a button dims the lights, and how a long-press preset can step through a playlist.

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Hyphenate the compound modifier.

The repository writing checklist requires documentation to contain no grammar or spelling mistakes. Here, 0.6 second modifies pause, so write 0.6-second.

Suggested wording
-With the defaults, that's a 0.6 second pause, then a repeat every 0.2 seconds.
+With the defaults, that's a 0.6-second pause, then a repeat every 0.2 seconds.
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If you keep holding a button (except button 0), the long-press action repeats. It runs once after the long-press time, again after the repeat delay, and then once every repeat interval. With the defaults, that's a 0.6 second pause, then a repeat every 0.2 seconds. This is how holding a button dims the lights, and how a long-press preset can step through a playlist.
If you keep holding a button (except button 0), the long-press action repeats. It runs once after the long-press time, again after the repeat delay, and then once every repeat interval. With the defaults, that's a 0.6-second pause, then a repeat every 0.2 seconds. This is how holding a button dims the lights, and how a long-press preset can step through a playlist.
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Review comment at @docs/features/macros.md at line 129:
Update the long-press timing description to hyphenate “0.6-second” when it
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