Can I reduce the reactivity of functions?

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Hello,

I have some buttons that call functions with reactive variables in them. When those variables change, the buttons re-render, and are un-clickable for a moment. Some of my reactive variables are time-based, and so the buttons are constantly re-rendering, and become unreliable. Here’s an example:

The workaround I found was to use mutable variables. This works, but became a pain point in a large notebook, with variables and functions that reference other variables and functions. The whole chain of state has to be conscious of reactivity to keep the buttons reliable.

I kinda wish that I could mark a function as non-reactive, or that in certain contexts functions were non-reactive to begin with.

Is there a way to get this behavior, or a better way to approach this overall?

Thanks for your time.

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Can you share your original notebook, or describe what role the buttons play in your dataflow and why they need to depend on other cells?

In your example, the structure I would recommend is:

  • a button with its own internal state / counter
  • counter without a dependency on button
  • tally as the sum of the button value and counter