I'm with Rolf on this. I think we should complain to Sun on this. The pop-up menu is much better than other options, I can think of. I am unclear why it is considered a security issue. If there are things that the user should not be able to do in the applet menu, then we the applet programmers have made a mistake. I do not think this is an appropriate place for the JavaVM to make decisions.
Some other things I can think of rather than bringing up the whole console: 1) bring up a listbox window where the items substitute for the menu items. This would look more like a menu to people. The problem with this is that we would have to duplicate code and behavior that is already built into the Java menu system. 2) bring up a window with just a menu bar(possibly even a single menu in it). This could then behave just like our pop up menu. I sort of like the idea that it wouldn't go away completely without my deciding to dispose of it. It then becomes like a combination pop-up and palette. Jonathan On Aug 6, 2008, at 7:26 PM, 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? > > Bob > > -- > 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 Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow Chemistry Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042 Oshkosh, WI 54901 http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/gutow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
