```Modifier.pointerInput(Unit) { detectTapGestures( onPress = { offset -> ...

# compose

[Alex Styl]

Modifier.pointerInput(Unit) {
    detectTapGestures(
        onPress = { offset ->
            // pressed

            awaitRelease()
            // released
        }
    )
}

I am using the above code to detect when the user keeps holding on a Box. The issue is that when I tap and hold on the box and then move my finger outside the bounds of the Box, then awaitRelease() is never unblocked.

is there a way for awaitRelease() to be done when the user releases their finger even outside the composable they started pressing on?

[Albert Chang]

In that case a GestureCancellationException will be thrown so you can just check that.