I think I have found a way to do this without using multiple controls. I have a preOpenCard handler like this:
on preOpenCard set the text of button "myMenu" to "Select an option..." set the textColor of myMenu to "#666666" --makes the text grey end preOpenCard I put the following mouseDown handler into the option menu script. *on* mouseDown *set* the text of me to the textOptions of me *set* the textColor of me to black *end* mouseDown The textOption custom property contains the real options for the menu. I'll probably put the initial prompt text into a custom property too so it's more general purpose - will also make it easier to check if the user selected an option or not. That seems to work just fine but there may be some corner cases I haven't tested. On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi Craig, > > I put a field on top of the option menu button and send the message to the > underlying option menu button, which shows the popup menu button, or you > can do it all directly from the field. The script in the popup menu button > can put the picked item into the field. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Become our partner in sales http://qery.us/1bq Start selling Color > Converter today. 20% commission! > > On 22 dec 2011, at 23:44, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > > Mark. > > > > > > The same issue with a popup as with the option: you can grey out a > pulled menuItem with a prepended "(", but it will not show such in the > normal rest state. Did you mean that this style of button can have this > feature? > > > > > > Or did you mean that you can roll your own, with greyed text in an > opaque field overlying the combo? Pete wanted the rest state of menuItem 1 > to be greyed. The options themselves can be managed directly once pulled. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ 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
