Button vs Sprite clicking: Wrong Variable Increment

In the below, if the BUTTON is clicked, CGStage has 1 added to its count.

If the Sprite is clicked, CGStage gets a random number added, somewhere between 5-7.

Is there some other condition I'm missing that makes Sprite-based buttons different than the Button object?

I did see this thread https://www.scirra.com/forum/solved-thanks-add-1-to-count-yes-just-1-this-time_t181230 but I haven't gone into Families yet and I certainly don't want the Sprite-based button to be destroyed. In short, I got lost.

Unless you've got multiples of the same sprite stacked on each other, should work the same.

Ah, now there's a thing. There is another sprite directly below that one but it's set to invisible. Guess I'll need to figure out a new way around that now. Didn't know you could still interact with invisible objects!

Just add "Is visible" to the event.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like that works. From the manual:

Is visible

True if the object is currently visible. Invert to test if invisible. This only tests the visibility set by the Set visible action; it is not affected by the object being offscreen, having 0 opacity, or being on an invisible layer.

I was trying to make a menu system using a single layout that simply turns layers on or off (rather than constantly going to a new layout for no reason) based on what was clicked. It doesn't look like that's possible, or at least, beyond my current level of knowledge.

You can correlate if the sprite is on a layer and if that layer is visible. It's all doable. Don't over-complicate though. If it's off screen, it can't be clicked on.

I figured out a way to do it, though it isn't perfect. It all operates on a single layer and once the CGStage variable is advanced, I simply use System Scroll to X. While it does make the layout pretty large, everything does work perfectly!