Scripting Cut/Copy/Paste in custom menus

[Kay C Lan]

Except Paul is right, on OS X the clear command in a custom built menu
does not invoke a closeField message which it does if using the IDE's
clear command. This does seem to be a bug.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:15 PM, J. Landman Gay
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> On 9/14/2014, 9:41 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
>>
>> Now use the Menu Builder to create an OS X Menu for you, tick the box
>> to Set as stack Menu Bar, have it auto build the script for you, and
>> then open if for Edit and fill it as you would for Copy, Paste, and
>> Clear. It should look something like this:
>>
>> --The following menuPick handler was generated by the Menu Builder.
>> on menuPick pWhich
>>     --breakpoint
>>     switch pWhich
>>        case "Cut"
>>           --Insert script for Cut menu item here
>>           break
>>        case "Copy"
>>           set the clipboardData["Text"] to the selectedText of the
>> focusedObject
>>           break
>>        case "Paste"
>>           put clipboardData["text"] into the focusedObject
>>           break
>>        case "Clear"
>>           put empty into the focusedObject
>>           break
>>        case "Preferences"
>>           --Insert script for Preferences menu item here
>>           break
>>     end switch
>> end menuPick
>>
>> Do exactly the same as you did before. After you Paste and Tab or
>> Clear and Tab LC will NOT Beep.
>
>
> I think the magic message you're looking for is just to use the standard LC
> commands that are available. When I create a menu like this it works as
> expected:
>
> --The following menuPick handler was generated by the Menu Builder.
> on menuPick pWhich
>   switch pWhich
>     case "Cut"
>       cut
>       break
>     case "Copy"
>       copy
>       break
>     case "Paste"
>       paste
>       break
>     case "Clear"
>       clear
>       break
>     case "Preferences"
>       --Insert script for Preferences menu item here
>       break
>   end switch
> end menuPick
>
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
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