commandKeyDown

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu May 6 16:49:58 EDT 2004


Robert Brenstein wrote:

>>
>> This will cause problems with any menu in your own stack that uses 
>> Cmd-1 through 4.
>>
>> I propose removing those but keeping the optionKey section for script 
>> access:
>>
>> Are more people relying on maintenance of this behavior than are 
>> adversely affected by it?
 >
> Actually, I do rely on cmd-number to navigate stacks in development 
> mode. In this mode, MC shows its default menubar not the one from our 
> programs, so no conflict is possible. Therefore, I believe a better 
> approach would be to check the defaultmenubar setting and execute 
> cmd-number when it is the default and pass commandKeyDown otherwise.

I agree that checking makes the most sense, but the defaultMenuBar is 
not necessarily the active one, as any window with a menubar will have 
its menubar active when it is in front.

Is there a robust way to check for the current menubar?

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