diff --git a/docs/nodes/widgets/ui-button.md b/docs/nodes/widgets/ui-button.md
index d2ac4b1e2..59d7bffb0 100644
--- a/docs/nodes/widgets/ui-button.md
+++ b/docs/nodes/widgets/ui-button.md
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ props:
     Icon Color:
         description: Icon color. If not provided, will have the same color as text / label.
         dynamic: true
+    Enable pointerup event:
+        description: Enables the capturing of pointerup events on the button
+        dynamic: false
+    Enable pointerdown event:
+        description: Enables the capturing of pointerdown events on the button
+        dynamic: false
     Emulate Button Click: If enabled, any received message will trigger a button click, emitting the relevant payload and topic.
 controls:
     enabled:
diff --git a/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.html b/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.html
index 27f6a5cd9..ce6f42bde 100644
--- a/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.html
+++ b/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.html
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ <h3>Properties</h3>
         <dd>If "Icon" is defined, this property controls which side of the "Label" the icon will render on</dd>
         <dt>Label <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
         <dd>The text shown within the button. If not provided, then the button will only render the icon. It supports HTML content</dd>
+        <dt>Enable pointerdown event <span class="property-type">bool</span></dt>
+        <dd>If enabled, the button will emit a message on pointerdown event with the given payload</dd>
+        <dt>Enable pointerup event <span class="property-type">bool</span></dt>
+        <dd>If enabled, the button will emit a message on pointerup event with the given payload</dd>
         <dt>Emulate Button Click <span class="property-type">bool</span></dt>
         <dd>If enabled, any received message will trigger a button click, emitting the relevant payload and topic</dd>
         <dt>Background Color<span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
diff --git a/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.json b/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.json
index 5e3442eea..12295fc72 100644
--- a/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.json
+++ b/nodes/widgets/locales/en-US/ui_button.json
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
             "payload": "Payload",
             "topic": "Topic",
             "emulateClick": "If msg arrives on input, emulate a button click:",
+            "enablePointerup": "Enable pointerup event",
+            "enablePointerdown": "Enable pointerdown event",
             "buttonColor": "Background",
             "optionalButtonColor": "(Optional) e.g. 'green'/'#a5a5a5'",
             "textColor": "Text",
diff --git a/nodes/widgets/ui_button.html b/nodes/widgets/ui_button.html
index 898e94c4f..01673945b 100644
--- a/nodes/widgets/ui_button.html
+++ b/nodes/widgets/ui_button.html
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
                 topicType: { value: 'msg' },
                 buttonColor: { value: '' },
                 textColor: { value: '' },
+                iconColor: { value: '' },
+                
+                // pointerup/down event support
+                enablePointerdown: { value: false },
+                pointerdownPayload: { value: '', validate: (hasProperty(RED.validators, 'typedInput') ? RED.validators.typedInput('pointerdownPayloadType') : function (v) { return true }) },
+                pointerdownPayloadType: { value: 'str' },
+                enablePointerup: { value: false },
+                pointerupPayload: { value: '', validate: (hasProperty(RED.validators, 'typedInput') ? RED.validators.typedInput('pointerupPayloadType') : function (v) { return true }) },
+                pointerupPayloadType: { value: 'str' },
+
                 iconColor: { value: '' }
             },
             inputs: 1,
@@ -83,6 +93,34 @@
                     types: ['str', 'msg', 'flow', 'global']
                 })
 
+                $('#node-input-enablePointerdown').on('change', function () {
+                    if (this.checked) {
+                        $('.form-row-pointerdown').show()
+                    } else {
+                        $('.form-row-pointerdown').hide()
+                    }
+                })
+
+                $('#node-input-pointerdownPayload').typedInput({
+                    default: 'str',
+                    typeField: $('#node-input-pointerdownPayloadType'),
+                    types: ['str', 'num', 'bool', 'json', 'bin', 'date', 'flow', 'global']
+                });
+                
+                $('#node-input-enablePointerup').on('change', function () {
+                    if (this.checked) {
+                        $('.form-row-pointerup').show()
+                    } else {
+                        $('.form-row-pointerup').hide()
+                    }
+                })
+
+                $('#node-input-pointerupPayload').typedInput({
+                    default: 'str',
+                    typeField: $('#node-input-pointerdownPayloadType'),
+                    types: ['str', 'num', 'bool', 'json', 'bin', 'date', 'flow', 'global']
+                });
+
                 if (!this.iconPosition) {
                     $('#node-input-iconPosition').val('left')
                 }
@@ -151,6 +189,24 @@
         <label for="node-input-tooltip"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> <span data-i18n="ui-button.label.tooltip"></label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-tooltip" data-i18n="[placeholder]ui-button.label.optionalTooltip">
     </div>-->
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label style="width:auto" for="node-input-enablePointerdown"><i class="fa fa-hand-pointer-o"></i> <span data-i18n="ui-button.label.enablePointerdown"></span></label>
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-enablePointerdown" style="display:inline-block; width:auto; vertical-align:top;">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row form-row-pointerdown">
+        <label for="node-input-pointerdownPayload" style="padding-left: 25px; margin-right: -25px"> <span data-i18n="ui-button.label.payload"></label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-pointerdownPayload" style="width:70%">
+        <input type="hidden" id="node-input-pointerdownPayloadType">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label style="width:auto" for="node-input-enablePointerup"><i class="fa fa-hand-pointer-o"></i> <span data-i18n="ui-button.label.enablePointerup"></span></label>
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-enablePointerup" style="display:inline-block; width:auto; vertical-align:top;">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-row form-row-pointerup">
+        <label for="node-input-pointerupPayload" style="padding-left: 25px; margin-right: -25px"><span data-i18n="ui-button.label.payload"></label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-pointerupPayload" style="width:70%">
+        <input type="hidden" id="node-input-pointerupPayloadType">
+    </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label style="width:auto" for="node-input-payload"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i> <span data-i18n="ui-button.label.whenClicked"></label>
     </div>
diff --git a/nodes/widgets/ui_button.js b/nodes/widgets/ui_button.js
index 7e99a6af0..9bb477bc0 100644
--- a/nodes/widgets/ui_button.js
+++ b/nodes/widgets/ui_button.js
@@ -12,10 +12,33 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
 
         const beforeSend = async function (msg) {
             let error = null
+            let payload = null
+            let payloadType = null
 
-            // retrieve the payload we're sending from this button
-            let payloadType = config.payloadType
-            let payload = config.payload
+            msg._event = msg._event || { type: 'inject' }
+
+            switch (msg._event.type) {
+            case 'pointerup':
+                payload = config.pointerupPayload
+                payloadType = config.pointerupPayloadType
+                break
+            case 'pointerdown':
+                payload = config.pointerdownPayload
+                payloadType = config.pointerdownPayloadType
+                break
+            case 'click':
+                payload = config.payload
+                payloadType = config.payloadType
+                break
+            case 'inject':
+                payload = config.payload
+                payloadType = config.payloadType
+                break
+            default:
+                payload = config.payload
+                payloadType = config.payloadType
+                break
+            }
 
             if (payloadType === 'flow' || payloadType === 'global') {
                 try {
@@ -43,7 +66,6 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
                     }
                 }
             }
-
             msg.payload = payload
 
             const updates = msg.ui_update
diff --git a/ui/src/stylesheets/common.css b/ui/src/stylesheets/common.css
index e311feee9..19ea89801 100644
--- a/ui/src/stylesheets/common.css
+++ b/ui/src/stylesheets/common.css
@@ -481,5 +481,6 @@ NB! supresses the gridarea for messages, but those are not in use*/
 .v-btn.v-btn--density-default,
 .v-btn.v-btn--density-compact, 
 .v-btn.v-btn--density-comfortable {
+    height: auto;
     min-height: var(--widget-row-height);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/src/widgets/ui-button/UIButton.vue b/ui/src/widgets/ui-button/UIButton.vue
index 7d413e2a5..ad9f0433b 100644
--- a/ui/src/widgets/ui-button/UIButton.vue
+++ b/ui/src/widgets/ui-button/UIButton.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
         block variant="flat" :disabled="!state.enabled" :prepend-icon="prependIcon" :append-icon="appendIcon"
         :class="{ 'nrdb-ui-button--icon': iconOnly }" :color="buttonColor" :style="{ 'min-width': iconOnly ?? 'auto' }"
         @click="action"
+        @pointerdown="pointerdown"
+        @pointerup="pointerup"
+        @pointermove="checkIsPointerOverButton"
     >
         <template v-if="prependIcon" #prepend>
             <v-icon :color="iconColor" />
@@ -26,6 +29,11 @@ export default {
         props: { type: Object, default: () => ({}) },
         state: { type: Object, default: () => ({}) }
     },
+    data () {
+        return {
+            isPointerOverButton: true // Tracks if the pointer is still over the button
+        }
+    },
     computed: {
         ...mapState('data', ['messages']),
         prependIcon () {
@@ -62,6 +70,23 @@ export default {
     },
     methods: {
         action ($evt) {
+            if (!this.isPointerOverButton) {
+                return
+            }
+            const evt = {
+                type: $evt.type,
+                clientX: $evt.clientX,
+                clientY: $evt.clientY,
+                bbox: $evt.target.getBoundingClientRect()
+            }
+            const msg = this.messages[this.id] || {}
+            msg._event = evt
+            this.$socket.emit('widget-action', this.id, msg)
+        },
+        pointerdown: function ($evt) {
+            if (!this.props.enablePointerdown) {
+                return
+            }
             const evt = {
                 type: $evt.type,
                 clientX: $evt.clientX,
@@ -70,8 +95,35 @@ export default {
             }
             const msg = this.messages[this.id] || {}
             msg._event = evt
+            $evt.target.setPointerCapture($evt.pointerId)
             this.$socket.emit('widget-action', this.id, msg)
         },
+        pointerup: function ($evt) {
+            if (!this.props.enablePointerup) {
+                return
+            }
+            const evt = {
+                type: $evt.type,
+                clientX: $evt.clientX,
+                clientY: $evt.clientY,
+                bbox: $evt.target.getBoundingClientRect()
+            }
+            const msg = this.messages[this.id] || {}
+            msg._event = evt
+            $evt.target.releasePointerCapture($evt.pointerId)
+            this.$socket.emit('widget-action', this.id, msg)
+        },
+        checkIsPointerOverButton: function ($evt) {
+            // Check if pointer is still over the button
+            const buttonRect = $evt.target.getBoundingClientRect()
+            this.isPointerOverButton = (
+                $evt.clientX >= buttonRect.left &&
+                $evt.clientX <= buttonRect.right &&
+                $evt.clientY >= buttonRect.top &&
+                $evt.clientY <= buttonRect.bottom
+            )
+        },
+
         makeMdiIcon (icon) {
             return 'mdi-' + icon.replace(/^mdi-/, '')
         },