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From: adam@cbmvax.UUCP ( CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Does SelectFill work?
Summary: Yes, use JAM2 mode
Keywords: Menu Intuition SelectFill
Message-ID: <7157@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 17:29:25 GMT
References: <3837@sdsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: adam@cbmvax.UUCP (Adam Levin - CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3837@sdsu.UUCP> lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall) writes:
>
>	I am playing with Intuition menus.  It seems that the HIGHIMAGE style
>of highlighting only works for Image items and not Intuitext items.
>
>	I've created an Intuitext menu item with Flags = HIGHIMAGE | ITEMTEXT.
>I've supplied the ItemFill pointer and a SelectFill pointer.  When the menu
>drops the ItemFill text is displayed as expected.  When the mouse pointer is
>moved over the item it seems that the SelectFill text is overwritten on top
>of the ItemFill text.  Thus the text is unreadable - since both strings are
>visible simultaneously, on top of one another.  I guess Intuition forgot to
>erase the ItemFill text before zapping the SelectFill text in there.
>
>	Image MenuItems using SelectFill seem to work fine.
>
>	I've never seen anyone use this methods of highlighting and I guess I
>now know why.  Is this a bug, a feature, or am I hosed up in some way?
>		
>--------------------
>John Lindwall			johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM
>The above opinions are mine, not my employer's. 

I bet you are specifying the JAM1 drawing mode for the IntuiText structures.
Use JAM2 and it will work.  For an interesting effect, try COMPLEMENT mode.
  Adam

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