Thanks Matthias, I'll take a look - I did look in the dictionary and didn;t find anything but not surprising since it's experimental.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Matthias Rebbe < matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > Peter, > > thanks for your explanations. The status icon is an experimental feature > of LC (since 4.5). For more information just search for "Status icon > support" in the LC release notes. > > In the meantime i received a reply in the forum from Neil from Runrev. > Checkmarks/diamonds cannot be used in statusiconmenus at the moment. > > Regards, > > Matthias > > Am 02.05.2013 um 20:23 schrieb Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com>: > > > Hi Matthias > > I'm not familiar with the StatusIconMenu feature (is that an LC feature > or > > WIndows?) but I'd like to expand this thread to another aspect of > > checkmarks and diamonds in option menu items if I may. > > > > My experience on a Mac is that if you put a check mark against an option > > menu item by inserting "!c" at the beginning of it, when that item is > > selected from the option menu, the pitemname parameter to the menuPick > > handler does not include the "!c". It is there in the text of the option > > menu so the only way to find out if an item is checked or not is to use > the > > menuHistory setting to get the selected line from the text of the option > > menu and see if it begins with "!c". Same applies to the "!n","!r","!u" > > special characters. > > > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Matthias Rebbe < > > matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
