Rolf Huehne wrote: >Bob Hanson wrote: > > >>I think I have a fix for the prospect that unsigned applets can no >>longer (or soon to be no longer) able to pop up a menu. My plan: >> >>1) Add a menu bar to the console. >>2) pop up the console on right-click of the mouse. >> >>A bonus is that we can then have a top-level help menu item that really >>provides help. >> >>Comments? Suggestions? >> >> >> > >Adding a menu to the console would be fine. > >But I don't think that it would be a good replacement for the popup >menu. For those who use it frequently it would be rather tedious to dig >out another window first and then go back to the applet window afterwards. >I have some kind of similar situation with the popup menu right now: >I am using 2 monitors and when the applet window is on the right monitor >the popup menu appears on the left monitor.This means that the mouse has >a long way to go each time. (Luckily I can avoid this by placing the >applet window on the left monitor.) With a second window it would be >even worse because the menu always appears on top. But the other window >will most probably be buried below other windows. > > > Well, actually, the console pops up on top in all cases. But you are right that you have to move the mouse somewhat further, depending upon where you have the console positioned.
Why would the popup menu be popping in a different monitor? >So the console window should only be used as a replacement for the popup >menu if no better solution can be found. > > > No plan to replace the popup menu -- Jmol determines if its environment disallows popup windows and adjusts accordingly. Bob >Regards, >Rolf > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Jmol-developers mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
