GUICtrlSetBkColor problem

[Champak]

Just spent 2 hrs tracking this down...beyond pissed because it doesn't make sense to me.

I have a function that is activated with a button and then sets the color of the button with GUICtrlSetBkColor at the end of the function. The problem is anytime I press the enter key after I have pressed the button, the enter key activates that previous function that was activated with the button. Like the button now has focus so the enter key activates it now. Even if I try to set the focus on something else after the setbkcolor, the function still activates until I remove the setbkcolor. 

            GUISetState(@SW_LOCK, $hGUI)

            If $fHSCategories = 1 Then
                $fHSCategories = 0
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Parent, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Level1, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Level2, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_CatUnisex, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Parent, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Level1, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Level2, $LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER)

                GUICtrlSetBkColor($sHSCategories, 0xF0F0F0)

            ElseIf $fHSCategories = 0 Then

                $fHSCategories = 1
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Parent, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Level1, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat3Level2, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_CatUnisex, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Parent, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Level1, 0)
                _GUICtrlListView_SetColumnWidth($cLV_1, $Col_Cat1Level2, 0)

                GUICtrlSetBkColor($sHSCategories, 0x00FF00)

            EndIf

            GUISetState(@SW_UNLOCK, $hGUI)

How can I fix this?

[argumentum]

7 hours ago, Champak said:

The problem is anytime I press the enter key after I have pressed the button, the enter key activates that previous function ...

.. that's not there. Post a running example.

Edited September 12, 2022 by argumentum

[Melba23]

Champak, 

Setting button colours screws up something deep inside AutoIt which previous developers have said is too difficult to fix and results in the button acting strangely. Search the forum for the many earlier posts from me about this. 

Solution: do not colour buttons! 

M23 

[argumentum]

3 hours ago, Melba23 said:

Setting button colours screws up something deep inside AutoIt

hmm, use a label or a pic. ?

[kurtykurtyboy]

It seems to me the problem is not related to background color at all. If you click a button, it will then have focus so the Enter button will activate the button. Am I not understanding the problem? If that is the case, you could make a "hidden" button off the screen to accept focus after you click the button.

Would something like this work?

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $hGUI = GUICreate("MyGUI", 400, 350, 760, 365)
Global $Button_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("idle", 30, 40, 125, 41)
Global $Button_2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("idle", 30, 100, 125, 41)

;create a hidden button to steal focus form other buttons
Global $Button_hidden = GUICtrlCreateButton("", -1, -1, 0, 0)


_main()

Func _main()
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNORMAL)

    While 1
        Switch GUIGetMsg()
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop

            Case $Button_1
                GUICtrlSetData($Button_1, "clicked")
                GUICtrlSetData($Button_2, "idle")
                ConsoleWrite("button 1" & @CRLF)
                GUICtrlSetBkColor($Button_1, 0xF0F0F0)
                GUICtrlSetState($Button_hidden, $GUI_FOCUS)

            Case $Button_2
                GUICtrlSetData($Button_1, "idle")
                GUICtrlSetData($Button_2, "clicked")
                ConsoleWrite("button 2" & @CRLF)
                GUICtrlSetBkColor($Button_1, 0x00FF00)
                GUICtrlSetState($Button_hidden, $GUI_FOCUS)

            Case $Button_hidden
                ;do nothing

            Case Else

        EndSwitch
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>_main

 

For coloring GUI buttons, here is my take on easily setting background/foreground colors of buttons, that doesn't sacrifice functionality or appearance.

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by kurtykurtyboy

[Champak]

No I tried that, it makes sense that it should work, but it doesn't. I set the focus to an input, you would see the curser activate in the input, but once the enter key is hit (the enter key is mapped to do something specific in my app) the button is activated again. What's bothersome is that it is a known issue and a decision was made not to correct it with no notice in the help file about it..."will cause unpredictable issues with buttons.", but there is other notes on button coloring. Oh well, on to using images. Thanks M23.

[kurtykurtyboy]

Oh I see it now. The issue wasn't there in my example above - it only appears after adding an input control and hitting enter inside the input. Very strange.

Anyway, a quick test with the GuiFlatButton UDF linked above worked just fine. No weird behavior like with the standard buttons. That is, if you're OK with rectangular buttons.

[Champak]

Thanks, I'll look into the UDF.