How do you prevent problems with a button being pressed more than once?

Question

In a windowed programming environment, a user may click a button more than once if they do not immediately see something happen.

How do you stop the code behind the button being executed more than once in this situation?

Have you tried to disable the button as the first action that occurs when het user clicks the button? (And of course the last action of the button-click should be to enable the button again.) — Geert Immerzeel, Aug 17 '10 at 10:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '10 at 10:07

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You can disable the button until the action is complete

answered Aug 17 '10 at 10:07

Thomas Levesque

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '10 at 12:16

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In addition to disabling the button, a wait cursor will visually help the user to see that something is happening.

answered Aug 17 '10 at 12:16

msergeant

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