Menu font sizes

[edward cawley]

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> On 3/15/11 1:03 PM, edward cawley wrote:
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>>> Where do I find the menu group in the IDE? I have two substacks
>>> with text fields with the menu information. When I use the menu
>>> setup it sets up the menu which works fine in MacOS X but it is in
>>> small (6 or 8) in the Windows. I went into the control panel of
>>> Windows an increase the font size of the menu and it increased the
>>> Windows bar but the app menu below is still the same. So my problem
>>> is finding the menu group in the IDE which effects the Windows/App
>>> menu. I may not be setting the app menu properly, I let LiveCode do
>>> it I I don't see a menu in the application browser.??
>>> 
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> Two ways. It's in the application browser. Click on any card that 
> contains your menu. It should be one of the groups on the card. On 
> Windows, you can also see it at the top of the card. On Mac, you can see 
> it if you do this in the message box:
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>   set the editmenus of this stack to true
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> That will unscroll the window so the menu group shows.

Thanks Jacque, That worked! I looked every where but there, I was looking at the substacks instead of the mainstack and I didn't recognize the menu name. It's easy once you know what to look for! I need to get a better handle on Windows, never thought I'd say that.
Ed




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> But I agree that my first advice wasn't the best, the menu should really 
> adjust according to the user's preference setting in Windows. Because 
> it's just a regular LiveCode group, it won't respond to the system 
> settings, as you found out. Right now adjusting for system settings 
> isn't as easy to do as it could be; you need to read the registry. There 
> are also different default font and size settings for different versions 
> of Windows.
> 
> For now, you could check to see what the LiveCode menu uses and just use 
> that (I'd look it up for you but I haven't got Windows running right 
> now. Maybe someone else remembers.)
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