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

[Mike Kerner]

pfft
there is zero chance of that
it's been, what 37 years?
man, i'm so old.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 8:35 PM Stephen Barncard via use-livecode <
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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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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."