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Hello,
There seems to be a bit of confusion as to how this is going to be put to
use so I feel obliged to explain. What I am doing here is making the actual
menu button for my application, but one that I can manipulate from outside.
So in a help page (maybe displayed with Fl_Help_View or so) in stead of for
example writing the long and tedious: To insert a column, go to the menubar
at the top of your screen, press "Sheet" and then select "Insert" and then
"Column", you simply make a clickable entry "Insert column " and by
highlighting buttons / animation of drop-down menus etc. in the application
itself, the user can actually see what he has to do. Hope this clarifies
things a bit.
Thank you all for the interest you showed.
All the best,
Geert
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 12:42:43 PM UTC, MacArthur, Ian (Leonardo,
UK) wrote:
>
>
> > Indeed, I use an artificial click, as far as I can see that's the only
> > way to reset pressed_menu_button_ in Fl_Menu_Button.cxx. Only tried
> > this on Mac for now, and there its works well. Not Win or Linux yet.
>
> > As for the UI design aspects: if I do use it for interactive help in Mac
> > style, the menu's will only appear a short time, just enough for the
> > user to know where he can find what he wants to do, but too short to
> > actually point the mouse at it. I like Apple's approach, but I'll have
> > to see if it is really a good way for me to offer help.
>
> Hmm, so that doesn't really sound like you need a popup menu per se, do
> you?
> If there's not expected to be any user interaction, would it not be
> simpler just to pop up a suitably sized, borderless window that was set
> "non-modal" for your main window? Then you could just hide that window
> whenever you wanted anyway, rather than trying to trick the menu system
> into doing the Right Thing?
>
> Or... I'm probably misunderstanding your use-case.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ian
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div>There seems to be a bit of=
confusion as to how this is going to be put to use so I feel obliged to ex=
plain. What I am doing here is making the actual menu button for my applica=
tion, but one that I can manipulate from outside. So in a help page (maybe =
displayed with Fl_Help_View or so) in stead of for example writing the long=
and tedious: To insert a column, go to the menubar at the top of your scre=
en, press "Sheet" and then select "Insert" and then &qu=
ot;Column", you simply make a clickable entry "Insert column &quo=
t; and by highlighting buttons / animation of drop-down menus etc. in the a=
pplication itself, the user can actually see what he has to do. Hope this c=
larifies things a bit.<div><br></div><div>Thank you all for the interest yo=
u showed.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Geert</div><div>=
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 12:42:43 =
PM UTC, MacArthur, Ian (Leonardo, UK) wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;paddin=
g-left: 1ex;">
<br>> Indeed, I use an artificial click, as far as I can see that's =
the only
<br>> way to reset pressed_menu_button_ =C2=A0in Fl_Menu_Button.cxx. Onl=
y tried
<br>> this on Mac for now, and there its works well. Not Win or Linux ye=
t.
<br>
<br>> As for the UI design aspects: if I do use it for interactive help =
in Mac
<br>> style, the menu's will only appear a short time, just enough f=
or the
<br>> user to know where he can find what he wants to do, but too short =
to
<br>> actually point the mouse at it. I like Apple's approach, but I=
'll have
<br>> to see if it is really a good way for me to offer help.
<br>
<br>Hmm, so that doesn't really sound like you need a popup menu per se=
, do you?
<br>If there's not expected to be any user interaction, would it not be=
simpler just to pop up a suitably sized, borderless window that was set &q=
uot;non-modal" for your main window? Then you could just hide that win=
dow whenever you wanted anyway, rather than trying to trick the menu system=
into doing the Right Thing?
<br>
<br>Or... I'm probably misunderstanding your use-case.
<br>
<br>Cheers,
<br>--=20
<br>Ian
<br>
<br>
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