How do I deselect an active cell when clicking on an image to run a script?

Question

I have a spreadsheet-bound script that is invoked by clicking an image in the spreadsheet. I\'ve found that the script can be blocked if a cell that it needs to modify is active

Answer 1

Another "solution" to this is not to use a button, but use a check mark as if it we a button, and use the onEdit function.

function onEdit(e)
{
 
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();

  checkbox1 = ss.getRange("saveCheckbox_001");
  if (checkbox1.isChecked())
  {
    submit1(); //do all the fun stuff associated with this checkbox
    checkbox1.uncheck();
  }

  //more checkbox handling and calling other functions can go here if you need more than one "button"

}