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Subject: Re: File Selection Dialog -- no parent button?
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Date: 26 Feb 91 22:13:12 GMT
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From motif-talk-request@osf.org Tue Feb 26 16:35:22 1991
>> 
>> > 	Yes, OptionMenus != DropDownList.  Some vendors may chose to
>> > 	implement DropDownList and used them instead of the OptionMenu.
>> 
>> In what way does an OptionMenu behave differently from a DropDownList?
>> So far you have told me one thing.  That the menu positions itself
>> under the cursor.  In fact, neither the CUA or the Motif Style Guides
>> mention this behavior, so I can't see how it is relevant.
>> 

	I think we should take this discussion off-line, or at least change
	the subject line.

	I am not saying that OptionMenu and DropDownList are very different.
	They are not.  But since they are different controls (one posting a
	menu and the other posting a list), a different graphic symbol was
	used.

	=Mike