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

[J. Landman Gay]

Exactly 37 years. I remember because I started learning HC when my son was 
born in order to take my mind off diapers. If I remember, we can commiserate .
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On February 21, 2024 8:14:19 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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 <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> "there's still stuff to
>> learn."
>>
>> ..... and remember .....
>> --
>> Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA -
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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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