You can use the "mouserelease" message for this. This script in the popup works in both 7 and 8.Didn't check earlier versions.
on menuPick pItemName put pItemName -- displays what was chosen end menuPick on mouserelease put "Nothing chosen" -- if nothing was chosen end mouserelease On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com> wrote: > In order to catch the user escaping the button without making any choices > this works: > > local lLabel > on mouseDown > put the label of me into lLabel > end mouseDown > on mouseLeave > if lLabel is not empty then > if label of me = lLabel then > answer "You did not select anything" > put empty into lLabel > end if > end if > end mouseLeave > > > > 12. apr. 2016 kl. 19.01 skrev Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>: > > > > When you do not select an item in the menu, pItemName is empty. If you > set up a condition where the switch statement kicks in if pItemName is not > empty, then you will get the result you wanted, also if the user leaves the > menu without making any choice. > > > > Here is a script that demonstartes this: > > > > on menuPick pItemName > > if pItemName is not empty then > > answer pItemName > > else > > answer "You did not select anything" > > end if > > end menuPick > > > > Regards Tore > > > > > > > >> 12. apr. 2016 kl. 18.51 skrev Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com>: > >> > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
