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From: convex!expo.lcs.mit.edu!kit (Chris D. Peterson)
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To: cameron@cs.flinders.oz.au
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Subject: Re: Problems with the SimpleMenu 
In-Reply-To: Your message of 01 Jun 90 06:14:39 GMT.
             <334@flinders.cs.flinders.oz> 
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 90 11:24:20 -0400


>   I am trying to convert a program I wrote using X11R3 to X11R4. The major
> change necessary is the use of the SimpleMenu rather than the "box full of
> buttons" that I used previously.

>    The development is occuring on a Sun4 under SunOS 4.0.3 with X11R4 (patches
> 1-9 applied).

>   The following is some of the code used for the menu:
	
> /* part of translation table for a viewport widget */
> <Btn3Down>:XawPositionSimpleMenu(menu) MenuPopup(menu)\n\

This seems just fine.  I have code very similar to this in my applications.  The
problem appears to be that the grab is not getting activated.  Often this is
caused when some modifiers are set on your button press.  The Translation table
defaults to a "don't care" about the modifiers, while the grab mechanism must
have an exact match.  If this is actually the case, it should affect all menus
on your display.  Are the popup menus in xterm working correctly?  If not then
possibly you have some modifier set that is not affecting you.  I have seen this
happen with the Num Lock key on some displays.

An example for the rest of you: 

Try using SHIFT-CTRL to pop up the menus in xterm.  The menu will popup just
fine, but the items will not be selectable.  

If this is not the problem then I suppose you should send me a SHORT example
program that demonstrates the bug, and I will see what I can do.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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