Re: pratical tip/tool: a windows menu!
MisterX ecrivait / wrote:
>Here's the solution: a windows menu for the MCTools stack (aka Metacard Menu
>bar).
Nice idea :-)
On the Mac (Mac OS 8.6 Fr):
-- that works
-- you have to add an extra empty "Aide" (Help) menu in order to see
your new "Windows" menu (known bug)
-- editing the leyer number is not allowed; so, your new menu goes
after "Help". If you add then a new empty Help menu, the layer number
of the "Windows" menu is not the last one
I am able to save "mctools" and to see the new menu; but:
-- all the windows are not listed in this menu; when I launch MC I see:
* Metacard Menu Bar
* Message Box
* Home
On the Mac, one has not to "see" the Metacard Menu Bar
When I open another stack, the "Windows" menu is not refreshed
-- when I click on the "Metacard Menu Bar" menu item, I can see the
"mctools" stack to open
-- when I click on the "windows" menu within this stack (not on the
main screen menu bar) the menu *is* refreshed ("Message Box
disappears, that's correct, and the opended stack appears as a menu
item)
-- the added "empty" Help menu is given some menu items from the
"Text" menu, below the normal Mac "Help" menu items
Voilà tout :-)
PS: for that purpose (windows list) I made a palette, saved within my
Home stack as a substack. But I must acknowledge that a menu is more
prectical :-)
--
Regards,
Dominique
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Re: pratical tip/tool: a windows menu!
MisterX ecrivait / wrote:
>Here's the solution: a windows menu for the MCTools stack (aka Metacard Menu
>bar).
Nice idea :-)
On the Mac (Mac OS 8.6 Fr):
-- that works
-- you have to add an extra empty "Aide" (Help) menu in order to see
your new "Windows" menu (known bug)
-- editing the leyer number is not allowed; so, your new menu goes
after "Help". If you add then a new empty Help menu, the layer number
of the "Windows" menu is not the last one
I am able to save "mctools" and to see the new menu; but:
-- all the windows are not listed in this menu; when I launch MC I see:
* Metacard Menu Bar
* Message Box
* Home
On the Mac, one has not to "see" the Metacard Menu Bar
When I open another stack, the "Windows" menu is not refreshed
-- when I click on the "Metacard Menu Bar" menu item, I can see the
"mctools" stack to open
-- when I click on the "windows" menu within this stack (not on the
main screen menu bar) the menu *is* refreshed ("Message Box
disappears, that's correct, and the opended stack appears as a menu
item)
-- the added "empty" Help menu is given some menu items from the
"Text" menu, below the normal Mac "Help" menu items
Voilà tout :-)
PS: for that purpose (windows list) I made a palette, saved within my
Home stack as a substack. But I must acknowledge that a menu is more
prectical :-)
--
Regards,
Dominique
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pratical tip/tool: a windows menu!
Hey there! I thought I'd share with you a cool tool... You know how stacks can cover others and make some hard to get to unless you move/collapse/hide all other windows... Here's the solution: a windows menu for the MCTools stack (aka Metacard Menu bar). I've only tested it on windows, so I'll let you send me the MacOS and linux variants to make it a standard. Note: for Mac users, the MCTools stack can be opened using the command 'Open stack "mctools"' First go to the Preferences stack using the Tools menu in the MCTools stack. Check the "grouped controls" button. This will allow you to edit objects within a group without having to edit the group. Now, in the message box type 'open stack "mctools"' select the editing cursor (type control-tab) duplicate the "text" menu button edit it's properties and rename it 'Windows' Edit it's script and put this into it on mouseenter get the windows if me is not it then put it into me -- todo: MacOS/Xnix variations -- todo: hiden windows in grey -- todo: palettes in italic end mouseenter on menuPick w go to window w end menuPick Type Control-Tab to go back to the browsing tool Type "save stack mctools" in the message + returnkey close stack MCtools palette "MCTools" voila! Send any bugs please! Enjoy, Xavier Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
