Button lags or jumps when triggered

[dankpooch]

Hey all,

I have 'toggle button', two buttons in overlay that Add or Remove each other and other fields. For some reason, there is a lag or a miniscule jump that occurs when one is clicked. The buttons and the form are export from inDesign and clicked smoothly originally. But I've added a javascript to each and now they jump. 

On Focus, Add has: 14 field show/hides plus a short script.

Remove has 11 field show/hides and a script.

If it's relevant, here are the scripts :

//add button 1, onFocus//

if (internal1.display==display.visible &&

internal2.display==display.visible &&

internal3.display==display.hidden &&

((internal1.value!="Internal" &&

internal1.value!="" &&

internalTest.test(internal1.value) == false) ||

(internal2.value!="Internal" &&

internal2.value!="" &&

internalTest.test(internal2.value) == false)))

{errorInternal1.display = display.hidden;

errorInternal2.display = display.visible;

errorInternal3.display = display.hidden;}

if (activity1.display==display.visible &&

activity2.display==display.visible &&

activity3.display==display.hidden &&

((activity1.value!="Activity" &&

activity1.value!="" &&

activityTest.test(activity1.value) == false) ||

(activity2.value!="Activity" &&

activity2.value!="" &&

activityTest.test(activity2.value) == false)))

{errorActivity1.display = display.hidden;

errorActivity2.display = display.visible;

errorActivity3.display = display.hidden;}

if (project1.display==display.visible &&

project2.display==display.visible &&

project3.display==display.hidden &&

((project1.value!="Project" &&

project1.value!="" &&

projectTest.test(project1.value) == false) ||

(project2.value!="Project" &&

project2.value!="" &&

projectTest.test(project2.value) == false)))

{errorProject1.display = display.hidden;

errorProject2.display = display.visible;

errorProject3.display = display.hidden;}

//remove button 1, onFocus//

var dist2 = this.getField("Distribution 2");

var fund2 = this.getField("Fund 2");

var deptId2 = this.getField("Dept ID 2");

var account2 = this.getField("Account 2");

var project2 = this.getField("Project 2");

var activity2 = this.getField("Activity 2");

var internal2 = this.getField("Internal 2");

{dist2.textColor = color.ltGray;

dist2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

dist2.borderStyle = border.u;

fund2.textColor = color.ltGray;

fund2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

fund2.borderStyle = border.u;

deptId2.textColor = color.ltGray;

deptId2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

deptId2.borderStyle = border.u;

account2.textColor = color.ltGray;

account2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

account2.borderStyle = border.u;

project2.textColor = color.ltGray;

project2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

project2.borderStyle = border.u;

activity2.textColor = color.ltGray;

activity2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

activity2.borderStyle = border.u;

internal2.textColor = color.ltGray;

internal2.strokeColor = ["RGB",0.863,0.863,0.863];

internal2.borderStyle = border.u;}

dist2.value = "0";

fund2.value = "Fund";

deptId2.value = "Dept ID";

account2.value = "Account";

project2.value = "Project";

activity2.value = "Activity";

internal2.value = "Internal";

if (internal1.display==display.visible &&

internal2.display==display.hidden &&

internal3.display==display.hidden &&

(internal1.value!="Internal" &&

internal1.value!="" &&

internalTest.test(internal1.value) == false))

{errorInternal1.display = display.visible;

errorInternal2.display = display.hidden;

errorInternal3.display = display.hidden;}

if (activity1.display==display.visible &&

activity2.display==display.hidden &&

activity3.display==display.hidden &&

(activity1.value!="Activity" &&

activity1.value!="" &&

activityTest.test(activity1.value) == false))

{errorActivity1.display = display.visible;

errorActivity2.display = display.hidden;

errorActivity3.display = display.hidden;}

if (project1.display==display.visible &&

project2.display==display.hidden &&

project3.display==display.hidden &&

(project1.value!="Project" &&

project1.value!="" &&

projectTest.test(project1.value) == false))

{errorProject1.display = display.visible;

errorProject2.display = display.hidden;

errorProject3.display = display.hidden;}

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

You could try placing

this.calculate = false;

at the start of your script and then

this.calculate = true;

this switches of calculations so that they don't run while you are hiding/showing your fields.