I think I'm following this point, you're supposed to have both in a proper interface? I had one in a large VBA project, for my employer not a script for WE, where I had the users select the item they wanted to work with, and then click a toolbar button or menu choice or command button, and I had requests from some of the users to add context menus; they said they assumed you could always right click anything and do whatever with a context menu, as well as clicking on a toolbar button, and sometimes with a crowded screen full of information and choices, they thought it was easier to right click than to hunt down the right menu choice or toolbar button. so anyway, I could give them a context menu in an office VBA project, so I wondered if I could do the same in an xml dialog? it looks like not, but thanks for you guys answering the question. Chip
_____ From: Ron Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: is it possible to create a context menu with a script? Actually, even if you have context menus, you're supposed to do that anyway. It's in the Windows UI guidelines (or was, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.) On 5/19/2010 4:11 PM, Aaron Smith wrote: Alternatively, use the existing dialog menu system to act on the selected list view item. Aaron On 5/19/2010 3:59 PM, Ron Parker wrote: Visually, it'd look nothing like a context menu. Also, it obviously wouldn't have any support for shortcuts or submenus or checkmarks or disabled items or separators or accelerators, though presumably you could sort of emulate those with enough work. (Submenus would require a treeview instead of a listbox.) On 5/19/2010 3:55 PM, Chip Orange wrote: you could detect when a right click happened, and maybe even build a listbox dynamicly if you could figure out if the right click happened over your item, but then is displaying a dialog with a listbox the same thing as a context menu (assuming you could make it close with the enter key and not require an "ok" button)? it doesn't sound like it would look much like a context menu. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Bishop [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: is it possible to create a context menu with a script? I don't think so but it would be cool. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:48 PM Subject: is it possible to create a context menu with a script? Hi all, the subject says it all; is it possible to have something like a listbox, where you can create a context menu if the user right clicks on any item in the listbox? thanks. Chip -- Aaron Smith Product Support Specialist * Web Development GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team.
