If you click on a dividerLine in a popUp menu, the menuPick message fire, but with pItemName being empty. You can see this happen if you try:
on menuPick pItemName answer pItemName end menuPick This will give you an empty dialog. At least this is what happens in LC 7.1.1 Tore > 12. apr. 2016 kl. 21.36 skrev J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>: > > The menupick message doesn't fire at all when no selection is made from a > popup button, but you do get a mouseLeave message. It might be possible to > track a local script variable to catch when that happens. This may need some > tweaking: > > local sMenuItem > > on menuPick pItemName > put pItemName into sMenuItem > switch pItemName > case "choice 1" > put "case 1" > break > case "choice 2" > put "case 2" > break > default > end switch > end menuPick > > on mouseLeave > if sMenuItem = "" then > doDefaultStuff > end if > put "" into sMenuItem > end mouseLeave > > on doDefaultStuff > put the seconds > end doDefaultStuff > > > On 4/12/2016 12:01 PM, Tore Nilsen wrote: >> 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 >> > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 _______________________________________________ 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
