C# Inheritance of variables and its modification-CodePudding

I have the following Control abstract class where some common variables, fields and methods are defined. ClickState is an emum type. Then I derive the button class where I do not override the Update method since I don't need any additional behaviour, so I use the base one.

public abstract class Control
{ 
private ClickState _clickState;

   public Control()
   {
      _clickState = CliskState.Start;
   }

   public virtual void Update()
   {
      if(***some check if mouse is over the control***)
        {
          _clickstate = ClickState.MouseOver;
        }
   }
}

public class Button : Control
{
///other code
}

...

b = new Button();

every frame:

b.Update();

Now, when I mouse over my button the check in the Update method (called every frame) actually works but somehow the _clickState variable does not change. If I put a breakpoint in the code after the assignment I see that the _clickState variable of the Control class changed but the one in Button did not... I am conused, I tought that the Button._clickState should be the same of its "mother" class Control since is inherited. Is the issue with some access modifier? Thank you for your help.

CodePudding user response：

Your understanding is correct and I believe your code works correct also. Or you didn't show some piece of code that may do some changes.
Be sure you don't have another _clickState field in your Button class.

Here is my version of your code: https://dotnetfiddle.net/OKdSnj
Try to add console output inside of your IF statement to see all values in real-time - it might help you to troubleshoot.

    if(/*some check if mouse is over the control*/)
    {
        _clickState = ClickState.MouseOver;
        // Try to add console output to see all values here
        Console.WriteLine($"New state: {_clickState}");
    }