disabled buttons still receive events, they just process them, later?

[Mike Kerner]

thanks, jacque & mark
it's amazing that even after...a really long time...there's still stuff to
learn.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> It’s because of the wait - ‘blocking’ waits (those which aren’t ‘with
> messages’) queue any (low level) events so they are handled at the next
> wait (in this case the global one the engine does implicitly when there are
> no handlers executing).
>
> Flushing events after the wait as Jacque suggests will ensure they aren’t
> there to handle.
>
> Warmest Regards.
>
> Mark.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 21 Feb 2024, at 21:59, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > i did.
> > i have both a button, and a power button.
> > script:
> >
> > *local* count
> >
> > *on* mouseUp
> >
> > *if* the disabled of me *then* *put* cr & "disabled" after msg
> >
> > *add* 1 to count
> >
> > *set* the enabled of me to false
> >
> > *put* count
> >
> > *wait* 2 second
> >
> > *set* the enabled of me to true
> >
> > *end* mouseUp
> >
> >> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 4:47 PM Craig Newman via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike.
> >>
> >> In a new stack I placed a button with this:
> >>
> >> on mouseUp
> >>  beep 2
> >> end mouseUp
> >>
> >> If I click on the button I hear two clicks. I disabled the button and
> >> clicked on it. I enabled the button. No clicks. I did this all by hand.
> Did
> >> you?
> >>
> >> Craig
> >>
> >>> On Feb 21, 2024, at 4:07 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> alright, i'm a little surprised to notice this:
> >>> i have a button. i disabled the button.
> >>> then i clicked on the button
> >>> then i re-enabled the button
> >>> the click, from the period while the button was disabled, is received
> and
> >>> processed by the button.
> >>> that seems problematic, to me. how would one cause clicks to be
> >> discarded,
> >>> permanently? hide the button? overlay it with a transparent control
> that
> >>> will absorb and ignore the clicks?
> >>>
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."