adrian@torch.co.uk (Adrian Hill) (11/07/89)
I seem to be having an inordinate amount of hassle with menus in a DA, basically I want to take the quickkeys for cut/copy/paste/quit/open etc, but I don't seem to be able to get any reliable response from MenuKey. Any help/pointers would be appreciated, and yes I do know I'm brain dead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Hill * It's nice here, with a view of the trees * Graphics and Imaging * Eating with a spoon, they don't give you knives * Torch Technology Ltd * 'Spect you watch those trees blowing in the breeze * Cambridge, England * We want to see you lead a normal life * APPLELINK: UK0058 UUCP: adrian@torch.co.uk PHONE: +44 223 841000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (11/12/89)
Key eqivalents for menu commands in desk accessories have traditionally been hard coded into the d.a. The text in the menus is actually ignored. Reputable d.a. authors should build a table using GetItemCmd (if you are running on a system new enough to support that call, if not, you can do direct access to the menu data easily enough.) so that if the user uses some kind of tool to change your menus, your code willk respond to the changed menus. It is also nice to mention in your manual that you are considerate this way.
ewing@tramp.Colorado.EDU (EWING DAVID JAMES) (11/14/89)
In article <32497@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes: >Key eqivalents for menu commands in desk accessories have traditionally >been hard coded into the d.a. The text in the menus is actually ignored. Gee, that's not what I do. Instead I simply call MenuKey() inside my DA when I get a key hit. MenuKey() will return 0 if the key equivalent was in a DA's menu, and it calls your DA again with an accMenu control call (can you say reentrant DA?). If your DA has a heirarchical menu, MenuKey() will return the ID for command key equivalents in the h-menu, and you should handle things according to this return value. (BTW, 32-bit QD has a bug that doesn't allow selecting heir-menus in a DA using the mouse. But, this trick still works for handling command key equivalents.) Also, Mac tech support said they thought that this was an "interesting solution" to command key equivalents in a DA - they had no problems with it. Dave Ewing ewing@tramp.colorado.edu (128.138.238.33) ..!hplabs!boulder!onecom!tyvax!iftech!dave (My Mac IIx running uupc & MacOS!) AppleLink: D2408 (D2408@applelink.apple.com)