So basically I am asking how you would send a true signal when the button is held down by the user and then send a false signal when the user lets go.

I have looked into using states but I haven't found much information about them.

Thanks for any help that can be offered. Below is my qml code.

@import QtQuick 2.0
import QtQuick.Window 2.0
import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.0
import QtQuick.Particles 2.0

Item {
id: item
width: 300; height: 300

signal qmlSignal(bool msg)

Rectangle {
    id: rectangle1
    x: 0
    y: 0
    width: 300
    height: 300
    color: "#c02323"

    Button {
        id: button1
        x: 0
        y: 0
        width: 300
        height: 300
        text: "button"
        onClicked: item.qmlSignal(true)
    }
    
}

}
@