Hi list, We have some code in an application of ours that replaces the main menu using NSMenu's setMainMenu:. This has been working just fine since day one but ever since the introduction of Leopard we have noticed some strange behavior with the "Help" menu. I have also noticed this behavior in RealPlayer.app and in Flickr Uploadr.app (so if you want to see it in action, just repeat the below steps in any of those applications).
The behavior I am about to mention does _not_ occur when the application is running under 10.4, _or_ if the "Help" menu item is renamed to something else (like "Helpz"). Now let me try to explain my problem... After having set the main menu on startup (using setMainMenu:), the main menu (and all items in the submenus) works exactly as in every application. But... after the next (and on each successive) call to setMainMenu: the "Help" menu item starts to act weird. When trying to highlight "Help" and then either pressing the left arrow on the keyboard or moving the mouse left (so that it's now placed above the "Window" menu) the system first dismisses the "Help" menu and then very briefly displays the "Window" menu but then dismisses (closes) it. Re-opening the "Help" menu again and repeating the above mentioned steps will "repair stuff" - the "Help" menu is dismissed, and the "Window" menu is shown. The main menu will now work correctly until next call to setMainMenu: - and then you will have to repeat the above steps before the "Help" menu works as expected again. The problem can also be spotted if you try to open the "Help" menu (after setMainMenu: has been called) and try to perform any of the items within it - they simple won't work (until you've dismissed the "Help" menu and the invoking it once again). Does anyone have a clue what I could do debug this? I'm really puzzled after having tried to figure out the cause this afternoon... / M _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
