From 6ed4937dc0f627074bb533d5b5c1d938a03a599c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: milad <milad@miladnazeri.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:12:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated engine code to not emit if dominant hand isn't
 actually changed

---
 interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 02ef91cdba..9813070308 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -324,8 +324,11 @@ QString MyAvatar::getDominantHand() const {
 
 void MyAvatar::setDominantHand(const QString& hand) {
     if (hand == DOMINANT_LEFT_HAND || hand == DOMINANT_RIGHT_HAND) {
-        _dominantHand.set(hand);
-        emit dominantHandChanged(hand);
+        bool changed = (hand != _dominantHand.get());
+        if (changed) {
+            _dominantHand.set(hand);
+            emit dominantHandChanged(hand);
+        }
     }
 }