Timer infinite pop-up.

[LItterBoy-GB]

1. SketchUp/LayOut Version: Sketchup 2023
2. OS Platform: windows 11 x64 Although the repeated parameter gave false, the code block of the timer has been continuously executed due to the bullet box getting stuck.

bug code

    UI.start_timer(0.001, false) {
      UI.messagebox 'asdf'
    }

Current solution

    id = UI.start_timer(0.001, false) {
      UI.stop_timer id
      UI.messagebox 'asdf'
    }

[DanRathbun]

Did you read the documentation for the UI::start_timer method ?

It clearly states:

Note that there is a bug that if you open a modal window in a non-repeating timer the timer will repeat until the window is closed.

It has been like this since forever.

The solution is not to open modal windows (message boxes, inputboxes, the Preferences panel, the Welcome dialog, modal web dialogs, etc.,) from a non-repeating timer block. Or a repeating timer block.

I cannot think of any good reason to do so.

[thomthom]

For deferred execution of some code that might block the thread, you can use this pattern as a workaround:

https://github.com/thomthom/extension-sources/blob/f091659390beb1dfb5864868a84955f706beb9bd/src/tt_extension_sources/utils/execution.rb#L7-L14

[LItterBoy-GB]

Sorry, I didn't carefully read the method statement

[sketchup[bot]]

Logged as: SKEXT-3720

[DanRathbun]

Cross reference with: SKEXT-3775

[Fredosixx]

This old problem would deserve to be fixed....