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

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On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 5:24 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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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