Setting Control Color has unintended consequences in GUI

[paul.keselman@…]

Uncommenting GUICtrlSetColor creates a bug where interacting with the input, also causes the button function to be executed

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 200, 100)
$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 10, 10, 160, 24)
;GUICtrlSetColor($hButton, 0xFF0000)
$hInput = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 10, 40, 60, 24)
GUISetState()

While 1
   Switch GUIGetMsg()
          Case $hButton
                 ConsoleWrite("Button" & @CR)
          Case $hInput
                 ConsoleWrite("Input" & @CR)
          Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                 Exit
   EndSwitch
WEnd

[paul.keselman@…]

There is a bug in my code. Please change
GUICtrlSetColor($hConnectionButton, 0xFF0000)
to
GUICtrlSetColor($hButton, 0xFF0000)

[Jos]

I updated the code in the original post but don't understand what your issues is you are trying to report here. I have the impression the code works the same with or without that line?

[Jos]

It seems that the GUICTRLSetColor() also sets the focus to the button.
This works fine:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 200, 100)
$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 10, 10, 160, 24)
GUICtrlSetColor($hButton, 0xFF0000)
$hInput = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 10, 40, 60, 24)
GUICtrlSetState($hInput, $GUI_FOCUS)
GUISetState()
While 1
	Switch GUIGetMsg()
		Case $hButton
			ConsoleWrite("Button" & @CR)
		Case $hInput
			ConsoleWrite("Input" & @CR)
		Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
			Exit
	EndSwitch
WEnd

Not sure whether this is intended or a bug.

[Melba23]

This is a known bug with colouring buttons - see ​https://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/ticket/376

As you can see it cannot/will not be fixed, so I suggest not colouring your buttons.

M23