uuhh, text? and i guess 'optimized', although its like 4 bytes less for a function

editor/ui.lua

@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ ui.theme = {
 }
 
 ui.events = {}
+ui._wasDown = false
+ui._focused = nil
+
+
 
 function ui.emit(event)
-    ui.events[event] = true
+    ui.events[event] = true -- should change to a custom ID soon to prevent conflicts.
 end
 
 function ui.on(event)
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ function ui.on(event)
 end
 
 function ui.flush()
+    ui._wasDown = love.mouse.isDown(1)
     ui.events = {}
 end
 
@@ -38,26 +43,28 @@ function ui.button(x, y, w, h, text)
     local mousex, mousey = love.mouse.getPosition()
     local hovered = mousex > x and mousex < x + w and mousey > y and mousey < y + h -- calculaters if its touching the box
     if hovered then
+        -- makes dimed panel then text ontop
         love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.hover) 
-        love.graphics.rectangle("fill", x, y , w, h)
+        love.graphics.rectangle("fill", x, y, w, h)
         love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.border)
         love.graphics.setLineWidth(ui.theme.borderwidth)
-        love.graphics.rectangle("line", x, y ,w, h)
-        love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text)
-        love.graphics.printf(text, x, y + h/2-7, w, "center")
+        love.graphics.rectangle("line", x, y, w, h)
+        ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
     else
-        -- makes a panel and then just adds text to it
-        ui.panel(x, y, w, h)
-        love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text)
-        love.graphics.printf(text, x, y + h/2-7, w, "center")
+        ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- just normal text
     end
 
-    if hovered and love.mouse.isDown(1) then
-        ui.emit(text)  -- uses button label as event name for now, change later to avoid same ID stuff
+    if hovered and love.mouse.isDown(1) and not ui._wasDown then
+        ui.emit(text)
     end
 
     return hovered -- returns hovered
 end
 
+function ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- expand on this, havent fully read the text documentation so i dont know if i should have more    
+    ui.panel(x,y,w,h)
+    love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text)
+    love.graphics.printf(text, x, y + h/2-7, w, "center")
+end
 
 return ui

main.lua

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ function love.load()
 end
 
 function love.update(dt)
-    ui.flush()
+    
 end
 
 function love.draw()
     ui.panel(50,50,50,50)
-    local test = ui.button(100,200,100,100,"hello world")
+    ui.button(100,200,100,100,"hello world")
     if ui.on("hello world") then -- detect if the button is pressed. 
         ui.panel(250,250,250,250)
     end
+  
+    ui.flush() -- KEEP AT END
 end