Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi all,

> Am 28.11.2019 um 17:27 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode 
> :
> Hi Richard,
>> Am 28.11.2019 um 17:20 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
>> :
>> I pondered this myself some years ago, and was unable to find a way to clear 
>> the default menubar.
> 
> ah, OK, thank you, I thought I had missed something.
>> Perhaps setting it to a group you then delete might do it, but that seems 
>> wonkier than we would expect for a tool like LC.
>> So we might instead ask: why doesn't the engine offer a means of easily 
>> clearing the default menubar?
>> Or to put it another way:  What benefit is there to the end-user to do that, 
>> to have an incomplete menubar whenever a stack is brought forward that has 
>> no menu group?
>> It's kinda nice that macOS will provide at least some basic menu items when 
>> no menubar is established by the app, but I've never shipped an app where 
>> that sparse set could be satisfying to my users.
>> If it's enough for your app, perhaps an enhancement request may be in order.
> Yes, will do now!

Done: 


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Klaus
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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi Richard,

> Am 28.11.2019 um 17:20 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> I pondered this myself some years ago, and was unable to find a way to clear 
> the default menubar.

ah, OK, thank you, I thought I had missed something.

> Perhaps setting it to a group you then delete might do it, but that seems 
> wonkier than we would expect for a tool like LC.
> So we might instead ask: why doesn't the engine offer a means of easily 
> clearing the default menubar?
> Or to put it another way:  What benefit is there to the end-user to do that, 
> to have an incomplete menubar whenever a stack is brought forward that has no 
> menu group?
> 
> It's kinda nice that macOS will provide at least some basic menu items when 
> no menubar is established by the app, but I've never shipped an app where 
> that sparse set could be satisfying to my users.
> 
> If it's enough for your app, perhaps an enhancement request may be in order.

Yes, will do now!

> -- 
> Richard Gaskin

Best

Klaus

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Richard Gaskin via use-livecode]

I pondered this myself some years ago, and was unable to find a way to 
clear the default menubar.


Perhaps setting it to a group you then delete might do it, but that 
seems wonkier than we would expect for a tool like LC.


So we might instead ask: why doesn't the engine offer a means of easily 
clearing the default menubar?


Or to put it another way:  What benefit is there to the end-user to do 
that, to have an incomplete menubar whenever a stack is brought forward 
that has no menu group?


It's kinda nice that macOS will provide at least some basic menu items 
when no menubar is established by the app, but I've never shipped an app 
where that sparse set could be satisfying to my users.


If it's enough for your app, perhaps an enhancement request may be in order.

--
 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems
 Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
 
 ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi Hermann,

> Am 28.11.2019 um 16:07 schrieb hh via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> As I understand this:
> 
> the menubar of this stack is a container (containing a group reference),
> the defaultmenubar is itself a (may be referenced) group.

OK, but there MUST be a way to remove that defaultmenubar!
Having to force-quit LC for this is definitively a no-go!

Panos, Mark, or someone else from the mothership?

>> Klaus M. wrote:
>> hm, I was hoping for a ONE-Liner, that can easily be executed via script.
> 
> You could use semicolons ;-)

LOL! OK, convinced. :-D


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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[hh via use-livecode]

As I understand this:

the menubar of this stack is a container (containing a group reference),
the defaultmenubar is itself a (may be referenced) group.


> Klaus M. wrote:
> hm, I was hoping for a ONE-Liner, that can easily be executed via script.

You could use semicolons ;-)

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hallo Hermann,

> Am 28.11.2019 um 15:42 schrieb hh via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> The defaultmenubar is a GROUP.
> Empty is not a group.

so is "the menubar of stack xyz", but we can:
...
set the menubar of this stack to EMPTY
...
Why does that not work for the "defaultmenubar", empty is also no group here!?

> So you could try:
> 
> create a new group
> set the defaultmenubar to that empty group
> delete that empty group

hm, I was hoping for a ONE-Liner, that can easily be executed via script.
Anyway, thank you!


Best

Klaus

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[hh via use-livecode]

The defaultmenubar is a GROUP.
Empty is not a group. So you could try:

create a new group
set the defaultmenubar to that empty group
delete that empty group

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi all,

> Am 22.11.2019 um 14:33 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> Hi friends,
> 
> we can:
> ...
> set the defaultmenubar to "name of any group"
> ...
> 
> But when I try to remove the menubar again with 
> ...
> set the defaultmenubar to EMPTY
> ...
> I get an error: Cannot find group (or something)
> 
> However I can set the defaultmenubar of a specific stack to EMPTY!?
> ...
> set the defaultmenubar of this stack to EMPTY
> ...
> 
> So how can we remove a defaultmenubar NOT tied to a stack?
> What am I missing?

noone? Really? :-/


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Klaus

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi Craig,

> Am 22.11.2019 um 14:54 schrieb dunbarx--- via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> Hi Klaus. 
> 
> I never have worked at all with this group, and was surprised that it was a 
> LC stack in the first place. 

no, a menubar is a group of buttons, not a stack.
It CAN be a stack however, but not if you want an Apple macOS menubar.

> So I do not know why one cannot set it to empty, except maybe that something 
> inside LC prevents that. 

Anyway, thank you for your moral support! :-)

I had to force-quit LC, after saving everything via the message box, then I 
switched to:
...
set the defaultmenubar of this stack to "my menu group here"
...
Then I can:
...
set the defaultmenubar of this stack to EMPTY
...

> On a completely tangential note, my defaultMenubar contains ten buttons, the 
> first one being button "File", and the last one (after button "help") being 
> button "divider". No idea where that button is, or what it does. 

It divides, right? 8-)

> Craig

Best

Klaus

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Re: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

[dunbarx--- via use-livecode]

Hi Klaus. 

I never have worked at all with this group, and was surprised that it was a LC 
stack in the first place. 

So I do not know why one cannot set it to empty, except maybe that something 
inside LC prevents that. 

On a completely tangential note, my defaultMenubar contains ten buttons, the 
first one being button "File", and the last one (after button "help") being 
button "divider". No idea where that button is, or what it does. 

Craig


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Sent: Fri, Nov 22, 2019 8:34 am
Subject: remove DEFAULTMENUBAR?

Hi friends,

we can:
...
set the defaultmenubar to "name of any group"
...

But when I try to remove the menubar again with 
...
set the defaultmenubar to EMPTY
...
I get an error: Cannot find group (or something)

However I can set the defaultmenubar of a specific stack to EMPTY!?
...
set the defaultmenubar of this stack to EMPTY
...

So how can we remove a defaultmenubar NOT tied to a stack?
What am I missing?


Best

Klaus
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https://www.major-k.de
kl...@major-k.de


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