From babc31f94ea543f03f9713947c5e58effb23098a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FenodyreeAv <fenodyree.av@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:35:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes HTML interfaces (R&D console) not updating when buttons
 on their UI are pressed (#22742)

changes:
- bugfix: "Fixes HTML interfaces not updating when a user hits a UI
button."
---
 code/game/objects/objs.dm             | 6 ++++++
 html/changelogs/Fenodyree-FixHTML.yml | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 html/changelogs/Fenodyree-FixHTML.yml

diff --git a/code/game/objects/objs.dm b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
index 34d0bb7cd27..3862dded453 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/objs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
@@ -223,11 +223,17 @@
 			if(M.client)
 				if(SStgui.try_update_ui(M, src, ui))
 					is_in_use = 1
+				else
+					if(M.machine == src)
+						src.attack_hand(M) //Needed for legacy HTML interfaces, not yet updated to TGUI.
+
 		if(istype(usr, /mob/living/silicon/ai) || istype(usr, /mob/living/silicon/robot))
 			if(!(usr in nearby))
 				if(usr.client && usr.machine==src) // && M.machine == src is omitted because if we triggered this by using the dialog, it doesn't matter if our machine changed in between triggering it and this - the dialog is probably still supposed to refresh.
 					is_in_use = 1
 					ui = SStgui.try_update_ui(usr, src, ui)
+					if(!ui)
+						src.attack_ai(usr) //Needed for legacy HTML interfaces, not yet updated to TGUI.
 		in_use = is_in_use
 
 /obj/proc/updateDialog()
diff --git a/html/changelogs/Fenodyree-FixHTML.yml b/html/changelogs/Fenodyree-FixHTML.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77219534f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/Fenodyree-FixHTML.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+author: Fenodyree
+
+delete-after: True
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Fixes HTML interfaces not updating when a user hits a UI button."