I have a user interface problem. A popup menu (a button) is presented. The button has a number of menu items, some dividers between items, etc. It has a menuPick handler that covers all the items in the menu explicitly and a default handler at the end (just for good measure).
I want to take some action IF a user pops up the popup menu, but does NOT select any menu item (so presses escape or clicks on a non-active item like a menu divider or just click elsewhere so the popup is dismissed) The problem is, there appears to be NO message sent to the button of a popup menu if NO active menu item is selected. The "default" switch statement option never happens because a menuPick is never sent. menuPick only get send when an active menu item is selected. A closeControl to the button when the popup menu is dismissed WOULD have been another logical possibility but closeControl is only sent to groups (according to the dictionary) Has any one else ever needed to take an action if a menu item is NOT selected from a popup menu? Does anyone have any ideas on how this may be handled? Should a message be sent to a popup menu button when the popup menu is dismissed without a menuPick? If no message exists, should one? Should popup menus send a closeControl to their button of dismissed without a menuPick? Should this be an enhancement request for LiveCode version 1,936 (or earlier)? Why do I run into these weird things? _______________________________________________ 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
