Thank you Paul for sharing your experiences, I will give it a try. Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von Paul Hibbert > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Januar 2013 09:12 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: good practise on handling menues on Mac? > > To follow up > > I fired up Parallels for some experimenting on Windows and found out that > the "Set as stack Menu bar" check box in the Menu Builder does have an > effect on the Menubar, at least on Win 7. It adds a background decoration > to the Menubar, but that only shows for the width of the Menubar buttons > plus a bit, it doesn't extend to the right hand side of the window, so I > did a little more experimenting. > > The default Menubar on other apps does cover the full width of the window, > I added the following to the stack script to achieve the same effect in LC, > but this feels a bit like like a bodge, so does anyone know if there is a > better or easier way to do this? > > ## > > on openStack > if the platform is "Win32" then ## Don't need this for Mac - Not sure > about Linux > lock screen > # Store the loc of the buttons to use in resizeStack, otherwise they > wander > repeat with x = 1 to the number of controls in grp "MenubarX" > set the uLoc of control x of grp "MenubarX" to the loc of of > control x of grp "MenubarX" > end repeat > # Store the left of the Menubar to use in resizeStack > set the uMenuLeft of grp "MenubarX" to the left of grp "MenubarX" > # The standard Menubar over hangs by 3px to the left so do the same > on the right > set the width of grp "MenubarX" to the width of this stack + 6 > end if > unlock screen > revUpdateGeometry ## Ensures everything views correctly end openStack > > on resizeStack newWidth > if the platform is "Win32" then > lock screen > set the width of grp "MenubarX" to newWidth + 6 > set the left of grp "MenubarX" to the uMenuLeft of grp "MenubarX" # > To anchor the LH side > # Required to stop the buttons from wandering > repeat with x = 1 to the number of controls in grp "MenubarX" > set the loc of control x of grp "MenubarX" to the uLoc of of > control x of grp "MenubarX" > end repeat > end if > unlock screen > revUpdateGeometry ## Ensures everything views correctly end resizeStack > > ## > > Paul > > On 2013-01-28, at 8:17 AM, Paul Hibbert wrote: > > > Tiemo, > > > > It's not usual to show your own menus on a Mac, if you check the option > to "Set as stack Menu bar" that is next to the Menu bar name in the Menu > Builder (LC 5.5.3) it will integrate your menu with the standard Mac Menu > bar so you won't have duplicate 'Quit" item. > > > > I don't think this check box has any effect on Windows, but I'm not 100% > sures, I just noticed that in the latest user guide (p113) it shows a > version of the Menu Builder that has the label "Set as Menu Bar on Mac OS". > > > > Paul > > > > On 2013-01-28, at 6:20 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> Still not being good on Mac I wonder what is a good practice? > >> > >> When building an app for windows, you create your own app menus. For > >> example you have the standard "file - quit" menu item > >> > >> When taking over this app to Mac you still have (more or less) the > >> same menus. But additionally you get the standard apple menu, where > >> you now have additionally a quit (Cmd + Q) item to quit your app. > >> > >> How do you handle this duplicity of menus? > >> > >> Do you actually show your own menus on Mac, or is there a way to > >> suppress it on Mac and put all items into the "apple menu bar" ? And if, > how? > >> > >> Thanks for any pointers > >> > >> Tiemo > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
