Re: submenu items
>> On second thought, am I asking for something that would violate >> user-interface guidelines? It seemed to me like a feature I've seen >> before, but I can't seem to think of an actual example... >Damn, you beat me to it. I guess it's just another example of the >MetaCard motto: >MetaCard: more than enough rope > ;-) >Scott On a related issue: For non-hierarchical Pulldown, Popup and Option menus it would be helpful if... [1] a specific menuItem could be hilited automatically or even by default eg. set the hilitedLines of me to lineOffset(the label of me,me) [2] when in focus, typing a key selects the next menuItem match. The keyDown message is interceptable at this time, but can't do nothing with it due to the limitation above eg. on keyDown tKey; set the hilitedLines of me to lineOffset(cr&tKey,cr&me) FileMaker, for example, accommodates both these without violating interface guidelines. /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: submenu items
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Craig Spooner wrote: > On second thought, am I asking for something that would violate > user-interface guidelines? It seemed to me like a feature I've seen > before, but I can't seem to think of an actual example... Damn, you beat me to it. I guess it's just another example of the MetaCard motto: MetaCard: more than enough rope ;-) Scott > Craig Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: submenu items
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Craig Spooner wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Is there a way to control which menu item gets hilited when you > select a submenu from an option menu button? The menuHistory of such > a button seems unaffected by the selection of a submenu item, and > setting the label to the submenu item doesn't affect what gets > hilited when you click on the button. > > Here's what I have so far, just to set the label to the submenu item: > > on menuPick whichPick >set the itemDelimiter to "|" >set the label of me to the last item of whichPick > end menuPick > > Any suggestions? One: don't use submenus from option menus. They aren't supported on Windows at all, and AFAIK violate the GUI style guides on the other two platforms... Regards, Scott > thanks, > > Craig > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > > Craig Spooner > Office of Instructional Services > Colorado State University > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ > Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm > Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. > Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: submenu items
On second thought, am I asking for something that would violate user-interface guidelines? It seemed to me like a feature I've seen before, but I can't seem to think of an actual example... Craig >Is there a way to control which menu item gets hilited when you >select a submenu from an option menu button? The menuHistory of >such a button seems unaffected by the selection of a submenu item, >and setting the label to the submenu item doesn't affect what gets >hilited when you click on the button. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Craig Spooner Office of Instructional Services Colorado State University Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
