I did not think of the mouseRelease handler, but it is much simpler and better than my solution. You would still ned the if-statement in the menuPick handler to get any clicks on the divider lines, as they will count as a menuPick with the pItemName being empty.
Tore > 12. apr. 2016 kl. 20.48 skrev Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
