popups and tokens

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed Jan 9 22:38:01 EST 2002


Scott Raney <raney at metacard.com> wrote:

>It has to be (not surprisingly) a popup button (i.e., menuMode popup,
>button contents set to the menu items you want to display, menuPick
>handler in its script).  The other properties don't matter, and the
>button will typically be hidden or placed off screen.  It does need to
>be in some open stack, though.  Then, use the command "popup button
>whatever" in a mouseDown or mouseUp handler to open that button's menu
>panel at the mouse cursor location.

Is there a way to pop the menu up at a designated coordinate? Mac popup
menus appear in a static location instead of at the cursor location.
Also, on the base button (not the hidden one with the menus in it) is
there a way to get the little down arrow at the right edge, or do we
still need to implement it as a graphic?

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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