[Bug?] Button blink staying "on"when receiving outlinecolor + bang message

sine's icon

Hello all,

I tried searching for other examples of this behavior in the forums and only came across the following:

Included is a smaller subpatch from a larger project. I am changing the outline color of a button, which is working fine using the button's attrui set to 'outlinecolor'. However, when that button receives a bang from another button while also receiving attrui changes, the color changing button's blink state stays in the on/blink/yellow state. Is this normal behavior? Am I using attrui incorrectly? I have observed it on both Mac and Windows machines.

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Thank you in advance for glancing at the patch. I appreciate any feedback.

Ben Bracken's icon
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I can reproduce here and will ticket it, but I would recommend finding a workaround, as this kind of rapid updating of certain UI object's appearance attributes is not recommended. Maybe separate the control from the graphic?

sine's icon

Hi Ben,

Thanks for the reply and the ticket. A second button with transparency should work nicely. I appreciate your input.