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Bug #7481

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Having a long running command with a processEvents() call in it together with a timer can result in clicked events being processed too many times

Added by Christopher Bilberg about 4 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
03/05/2020
Due date:
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Description

I hava attached an MWE here.

What happened:

  1. Running the program
  2. Clicked the button which resulted in the output "Clicked: 0"
  3. Clicked the button again which resulted in the output "Clicked: 1" and on a new line "Clicked: 2"

What I expected to happen:

  1. Running the program
  2. Clicked the button which resulted in the output "Clicked: 0"
  3. Clicked the button again which resulted only in the output "Clicked: 1"

In short, it seems that when there is a timer in the application the clicked event gets processed one time too many when clicked the second time.

Not starting the timer results in the expected output.

#include <Wt/WApplication>
#include <Wt/WPushButton>
#include <Wt/WTimer>
#include <stdio.h>

class Application : public Wt::WApplication {
private:

  int count = 0;

public:

  Application(const Wt::WEnvironment& env) : Wt::WApplication(env)
  {
    auto updateTimer = new Wt::WTimer(root());

    updateTimer->setInterval(100);
#if 1
    // If this block is enabled, the issue exists
    updateTimer->start();
#endif
    auto testButton = new Wt::WPushButton("Test", root());
    testButton->clicked().connect(std::bind([this]() {
      std::cout << "Clicked: " << this->count++ << std::endl;
      // Don't do anything if the button is clicked more than once
      if (this->count > 1) {
        return;
      }
      while (this->count <= 1) {
        // Simulate long running command for the first click
        // Exit when the button has been clicked again
        WApplication::instance()->processEvents();
        usleep(500000);
      }
    }));
  }
};

Wt::WApplication* createApplication(const Wt::WEnvironment& env)
{
  return new Application(env);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  return Wt::WRun(argc, argv, &createApplication);
}

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