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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Disabling menus when DA's are closed
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Date: 6 Mar 91 14:01:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar6.074201.13324@nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>The right answer is, of course, to check the windowKind of the
>FrontWindow just before you call MenuSelect or MenuKey - it's
>that simple. There won't be any noticeable delay before the menu
>appears either (not even on the Classic...)

You mean you would have a greyed-out menu that blackens when you press on it?
Why would a user press on a grey menu?

This strikes me as a Bad Idea.  It would be ok for menu items, but not
for entire menus.
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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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