Hi Paul, thanks for your suggestions. I don´t think i can adapt this for the statusiconmenu, but thanks anyway. I will store your code for future use when i need option menus.
Regards, Matthias Am 02.05.2013 um 17:04 schrieb Paul Hibbert <l...@pbh.on-rev.com>: > Hi Mattias, > > Not too sure this will help, but I came up against a similar problem with > option menus on Win, so figured out a way to do what I needed by code, maybe > you can adapt this for your use… > > ==Code== > > local sHist,sMenuText,sLabel > > on mouseDown > lock screen -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stops the label > momentarily changing on mouseDown > put the menuHistory of me into sHist -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So we know where we > are coming from > put the label of me into sLabel -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So we can re-use it > later > put the text of me into sMenuText -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So we can manipulate > it later > end mouseDown > > on menuPick pItemName > if char 1 of pItemName = "*" then -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check to see if the > user chose a disabled item > lock messages -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So we can control > the outcome without unexpected results > set the menuHistory of me to sHist -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Returns the > menuHistory back to the required state > set the label of me to sLabel -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Give the user > correct feedback > unlock messages > exit menuPick -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't need to go > any further > else > replace "*" with "" in sMenuText -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove any previous > choice > put word 2 of the selectedLine of me into tLine -- ~ Identify the new > choice > put "*" before line tLine of sMenuText -- ~~~~~~~~~~ Mark the new choice > set the text of me to sMenuText -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update the Menu Text > set the menuHistory of me to tLine -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update the > menuHistory > set the label of me to pItemName -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Give the user some > feedback > end if > unlock screen > answer pItemName -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now we can do > something with the user choice > end menuPick > > ==End Code== > > Paul > > On 2013-05-02, at 3:45 AM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> for an app in Windows i am using the StatusIconMenu feature, which works >> really well. >> But i would like to place a checkmark or an icon before an entry in that >> menu. >> >> Is this possible? Tried with the special character "!c" to get the entry >> displayed as checked. But that did not >> work. Maybe i am doing something wrong. >> >> Any idea? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
