Blinking leds and delay problem | Arduino | Forum

Hi guys,
my first post here. I am kinda new to the arduino world. I am playing around with leds and buttons.

I have setup my circuit with 4 leds and 3 buttons.
4 leds are placed in a square pattern, one per corner.

1 button is to make the left ones blink
1 button is to make the right ones blink
1 button is to make the rear ones light up still.

In the event one side is blinking and the rear ones are triggered still I specified that the blinking side keeps blinking and the other side stays lit.

Here's part of the code (to simplify):

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int blinkleftPin = 7;
int blinkrightPin = 8;
int stillPin = 9;
int rrPin = 10;
int rlPin = 11;
int frPin = 12;
int flPin = 13;

int blinkleftState = 0;
int blinkrightState = 0;
int stillState = 0;

void setup() {
pinMode(flPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(frPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(rlPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(rrPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(blinkleftPin, INPUT);
pinMode(blinkrightPin, INPUT);
pinMode(stillPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
blinkleftState = digitalRead(blinkleftPin);
blinkrightState = digitalRead(blinkrightPin);
stillState = digitalRead(stillPin);

if ((blinkleftState == LOW) && (blinkrightState == LOW) && (stillState == LOW)) {

digitalWrite(flPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rrPin, LOW);
}

if ((blinkleftState == LOW) && (blinkrightState == LOW) && (stillState == HIGH)) {

digitalWrite(flPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(rrPin, HIGH);
}

if ((blinkleftState == HIGH) && (blinkrightState == LOW) && (stillState == LOW)) {

digitalWrite(flPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(rrPin, LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(flPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rrPin, LOW);
delay(1000);

}

if ((blinkleftState == HIGH) && (blinkrightState == LOW) && (stillState == HIGH)) {

digitalWrite(flPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(rrPin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(flPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(frPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rlPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(rrPin, HIGH);
delay(1000);

}

}
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My problem is that when the leds are blinking i have a whole 2000ms cycle during which it i push the STILL button nothing changes.
I can't have a direct fast response, the program of course waits for the end of the cycle.

How can i get around this problem and have an immediate button?
I read about using millis but i'm not familiar with it.

Can anybody try to put me on the right path?

Thanks