Thanks please do.

> From: "David C. Tremmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:28:06 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How to stop scrolling with pull down menus in scrooling fields...
> 
> Don't know if this will help - haven't tried it - but you might try
> using a field instead of a pulldown for your menu.  I've used this
> technique in other situations, and it seems that the focus should
> pass to the field being used as a menu (you'll need to make sure it
> gets a higher layer number), so the original field should stop
> scrolling.  You can still simulate the look & feel of a menu with a
> field by scripting (that is, getting different lines to hilite as the
> user moves the mouse down the field) - I can send you an example
> offlist if you're interested.
> 
> Dave Tremmel
> 
> 
>> I want to be able to click on a line in a scrolling field and then have a
>> menu appear in order to manipulate the line clicked on with a script. So far
>> I can do pretty much what I want with a mouseDown handler and th epulldown
>> command. I want to use a single object (no transparent buttons), and will
>> want to do this eventually in a mouseStilldown handler.
>> 
>> The problem is:
>> 
>> when the menu appears, and the user scrools to select a menu item the
>> field also continues to scroll.
>> 
>> The question is therefore:
>> how do i stop the field from scrolling when the menu is being selected?
>> 
>> 
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