How to temporary stop buttons from receiving Input for up/down

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I have a menu screen, when no buttons are selected I use this code to select them.

 public void OnNavigate(InputValue value)
    {
        if (EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject != null)
        {
            return;
        }
      
        float InputPress = value.Get<Vector2>().y;
      
        if (InputPress >= 0)
        {
            SelectButtonTop.Select();
        }
        else
        {
            SelectButtonBottom.Select();
        }

    }

However the button’s navigation picks up on the input while either top or bottom is being selected. Meaning a single press will both, select a button and go up/down at the same time.

How can I get the UI to ignore the first input up/down while no button is selected.

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