Here's a reworded description, hopefully clearer.
On (Snow) Leopard, where Help menu is special--but not necessarily the cause, the last menu pull-down is broken. It is typically Help; so the Help item is present on the menu bar, but the pull-down does not show up, when clicked. The bigger problem is when it not Help that is the last item, such as Tools on the Package Manager menu. So the application loses the necessary functionality. An immediate workaround, before a system fix is available, is to add a bogus Help item, so that the functional item starts working. > From: Oleg Kobchenko <[email protected]> > > I believe, what you describe is something different. > > The problem on Mac is that otherwise normal top-level > menu item (Help or Tools in PacMan) is broken. As a result, > instead of showing the pull-down is does nothing when clicked. > > > > > From: bill lam > > > > IIRC this is not a bug itself, but it is the intended behavior of > > menubar widget in some gui system, menubar in gtk also shares the same > > behavior. It is not the position that matters, but any item inside a > > menubar will not trigger user callback other than showing its submenu > > when mouse clicked/hover. A submenu should be used as what you > > suggested. > > > > > > On Mon, 07 Sep 2009, Oleg Kobchenko wrote: > > > See the bug entry > > > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Portable%20Front%20End/Bugs#LastMenuEmptyonIntelMac > > > > > > On (Snow) Leopard, where Help menu is special--but not necessarily the > cause, > > > > > > the last menu pull-down is empty. It is typically Help; so the Help item > > > is > > > present on the menu bar, but there is pull-down, when clicked. > > > > > > The bigger problem is when it not Help that is the last item, such as > > > on the Package Manager menu. So the application looses necessary > > functionality. > > > > > > An immediate workaround for such applications is to add a bogus Help > > > item, so that the functional item starts working. This is before a system > > > fix is available. > > > > -- > > regards, > > ==================================================== > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
