> With a group bar menu, pressing Alt + F does TWO things: it brings down the > choices under First Choice AND it executes the choices under the sub-choice > Final Sub! Is this a bug that others can replicate? As things stand now, > EVERY option in the ENTIRE menu, main choices plus those under it, would > have to have unique letters or numbers, limiting total number of choices to > 36 unless we add in special characters.
I've noticed this also. I don't think it's a bug, I think it's by design and I'm not sure the behavior can be altered. The problem is that, unlike menus, neither the group bar control, nor the groups within it, nor the individuals items themselves can received focus. In a menu, the logic goes that the hot key is evaluated inside the currently focused menu choice. If no choice is focused, the menu itself is searched and the matching top-level item then receives focus. But in a group bar situation, how do you know which "level" the user is targeting when they hit a hot-key. Do they want to open the ALT-F option on one of the currently opened groups, or do they want to open the group labelled ALT-F? I'm not sure there's a way to cure this without creating a new Group Bar control with substantially different "internals". I agree, it would be nice if behaved as you describe, however. -- Larry
