On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, David Cramer wrote:
> After a fairly hectic Christmas, I am going to be returning to work
> on the following challenge tomorrow. So far, I have not received any
> responses that get to the heart of the basic question "What
> messages/properties can be referenced during the MetaCard stack menu
> process?"
I think the fundamental problem here is that the behavior you desire,
clicking on the menu button to close an open menu panel, isn't built
in. Any script-based workaround for this "problem" would be
complicated, unstable, and likely to break when the feature gets
implemented in the future. So your best bet is just to wait. If it's
any consolation, no one has reported this as a problem before (or
*still*, according to our bug list), a fact that I would consider
significant since most look and feel deviations result in multiple bug
reports. I myself wasn't aware of this "feature" and I'd be willing
to bet that 99% of Windows and MacOS users aren't either. Clicking
any place other than on that button does close the menu, which is the
usual way people close menus they don't want.
Regards,
Scott
> Hoping for enlightenment,
>
> David
>
>
> At 4:20 PM -0600 12/28/99, David Cramer wrote:
> >Well, I have just spent several days exploring all kinds of
> >approaches to Windows 95 menu emulation, with the result that I now
> >think I could get the results I need if only I could figure out one
> >last piece of this whole puzzle of messaging and targets.
> >
> >Here goes...is there a way to *script* the clicking of a stack panel
> >menu just as if a that stack or a menu item button on the stack had
> >been clicked by a user? You see, the obstacle for me is still that
> >clicking on a MetaCard button, which is being used as a menu
> >heading, while the menu is already open, is a dead click, whereas
> >standard menu behavior on both Windows and Mac is to close the menu.
> >So what gives? Is there something simple I'm missing, or is there at
> >least a workaround that still allows me to utilize the convenience
> >of a built-in MetaCard paradigm, the menu stack?
> >
> >I am losing sleep, fingernails, and hair over this. Help!
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >David
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