How about changing the mouse cursor. I found below about using a lock
screen.
" The only exception to this (freeze window) is the mouse cursor. It
continues to move with the mouse and any changes to the cursor icon (like set
cursor to busy) do appear."

Antti

ti 20. jouluk. 2022 klo 14.42 jbv via use-livecode (
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com) kirjoitti:

> Do you mean "lock screen without messages" ?
> Doesn't work...
>
> Le 2022-12-20 07:27, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode a écrit :
> > Try 'without messages'.
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, <
> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi list,
> >> I have a script that modifies line by line the color
> >> and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up
> >> to 500 lines long.
> >> I am using "lock screen" to speed up things.
> >> But at the same time I have a spinning animated gif
> >> to tell end users to wait until the modification is
> >> done.
> >> The problem is that "lock screen" freezes everything
> >> and the gif stops spinning.
> >> Is there a workaround for using "lock screen" and an
> >> animated gif simultaneously ?
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance.
> >> jbv
> >>
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