Contextual menu trouble

[John Dixon]

You might try.... in the script of a field, with the 'lockText' set to true

on mouseDown
   if  the menuMouseButton of button 1 = 1 then
      popUp button 1
   end if
end mouseDown

be well

> > I am working on a contextual menu in a textfield. 
> > I searched this list, the forum on Runrev and used the Dictionary. 
> > Everything works: I get a right click in a field but nothing happens
> > after I choose the contextual menu. 
> > Am I missing something?
> > 
> > 
> > In a field:
> > on mouseDown theMouseButton
> >   if theMouseButton is 3 then
> >      popup button "popup"
> >  else 
> >    pass mouseDown
> >  end if
> > end mouseDown
> > 
> > on mouseUp theMouseButton
> >   if theMouseButton is 3 then
> >     popup button "popup"
> >  else 
> >    pass mouseUp
> >  end if
> > end mouseUp
> > 
> > Button "popup":
> > on menuPick pItemName
> >   switch pItemName
> >  case "Cut"
> >    cut 
> >    break
> > case "Copy"
> >    copy 
> >    break
> >  case "Paste"
> >    paste 
> >    break
> >  end switch
> > end menuPick
> > 
> > Greetings,  
> > 
> > William
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