Hi Chip: Which script contains the code which you listed? Kevin Huber
On 11/11/10, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yes, nested submenus are quite easy. below is an example of a menu of > mine, which has sever items in a submenu; the basic idea is that you begin > the sub menu with the menu declaration tag <menu ...>, then the text of the > menu name, then instead of following up with the closing </menu> tag, you > begin defining all the items which are choices in your submenu: > > <menu id="script_options_alerts_POI" shortcut="p"> > Points of Interest > <menuItem id="script_POI_announce" shortcut="a" >Announce POIs</menuItem> > <separator/> > <menuItem id="script_POI_play_sound" shortcut="p" >Play a Sound for POIs > instead of Speech</menuItem> > <menuItem id="script_POI_use_mappoint" shortcut="m" >Use POIs From > MapPoint</menuItem> > <menuItem id="script_POI_use_other" shortcut="o" >Use Other > POIs</menuItem> > <separator/> > <menuItem id="script_POI_choose" shortcut="c" >Choose POI Categories to be > Used</menuItem> > </menu> <!-- POI --> > > > When you go to find out which item was selected in your handler, you treat > them all as if they were at the top level; you do nothing special because > the items were down in a submenu, and just test for their item id's, like > you would any other top level menu item. > > > hth, > > > > Chip > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Huber [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Proofreading script on Sendspace > > Hi J.J.: > That sounds like a good idea. I will just have to figure out how to do it, > but it does sound like a good idea. > I was also wondering about nested submenus. Is it possible to have nested > submenus? > Kevin Huber > > On 11/10/10, J.J. Meddaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Kevin, >> What if you added a dialog box with checkboxes for the various >> options? Then after they pressed OK on the box, you would just need to >> check the state of the checkboxes and apply the necessary changes. >> You could link to this dialog box from the script menus. >> >> >> J.J> Meddaugh - ATGuys.com >> Your Assistive Technology Experts >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]> >> To: "gw-scripting" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:00 PM >> Subject: Re: Proofreading script on Sendspace >> >> >>> Hi Steven: >>> I think the help dialog will only allow you to change the hotkeys, >>> rather than to activate them. I want to activate the hotkeys and >>> stay in the menu, if that is possible. >>> For example, when I want to turn Say Attributes On, I want to go into >>> that item in the Proofreading Submenu and press Enter rather than >>> pressing the hotkey shift-alt-a. I want to add this feature for >>> those people who can't, or do not wish to, remember hotkeys. >>> Kevin Huber >>> >>> On 11/10/10, Stephen Clower <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Kevin, >>>> >>>> Why not link to your script's help from the menu and use the hotkey >>>> manager in the standard help dialog? What you propose with the menus >>>> is highly unusual. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/10/2010 4:11 PM, Kevin Huber wrote: >>>>> Hi: >>>>> I have put a revised version of my Proofreading script on Sendspace >>>>> and a link to download it has been sent to the list. >>>>> I have put all the hotkeys except for shift-alt-h for the list of >>>>> hotkeys and shift-alt-s to save the settings, in a submenu in the >>>>> Script Menus pulldown menu in the Window-eyes control panel. >>>>> As you will see, if you press Enter on any of the items in the >>>>> Proofreading submenu, save for Script Help, you are taken out of >>>>> the submenu and left in the Window-eyes Control Panel. >>>>> I think it would be better if it stayed in the Proofreading >>>>> submenu, but I don't know how to accomplish this. I would welcome >>>>> any suggestions on how to do this or any other suggestions on what >>>>> I could do to improve this script. >>>>> Thank you very much in advance. >>>>> Kevin Huber >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen Clower >>>> Product support specialist >>>> GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >>>> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >>>> >>> >> >> > >
