Add delay (or "hold state") to gamepad button or keystroke

[hiulit]

Is there any way to add a delay (specially for the hotkey button) so that it has to be pressed a certain period of time until it has effect?

I searched the forums and I only found one thread that says it works using the xboxdrv, but I was wondering if it could be done without it.

I'm using Adafruit's Retrograme GPIO to USB utility if it helps.

Thanks!