Built-in Disabled State: Why would an item still be able to have its HOVER effects if it's been disabled?

Hi - I've found a simple workaround to fix the issue with custom buttons that are compiled of grouped objects. If you create a button from a group containing for example a text box, icons, images and a background shape, you can create states for it as you would a traditional button (normal / mouseOver / disabled). 

Then place over the top in your slide a transparent button - and use this to control your custom button states. If you need to disable the button - simply hide or disable the transparent button, and set your custom group to it's disabled state. The mouse will not  revert to a cursor when it rolls over and the button will stay disabled. To the end user the effect is seamless and you can have complete granular control of the button states via triggers and variables.

I hope that helps.