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From: jhc@ivan.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Getting the same popup menu on several different windows
Keywords: Graphs, contour plots, Motif
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:23:29 GMT
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In article <54436@inkwell.UUCP> jhc@ivan.UUCP (James H. Coombs) writes:
>In article <54435@inkwell.UUCP> jhc@ivan.UUCP (James H. Coombs) writes:
>>In article <1991Mar19.061108.7197@athena.mit.edu> alice@athena.mit.edu (Timothy R Wall) writes:
>>>....
>>>The problem is that the menu won't post in the MainWindow;  I
>>>get a right-pointing arrow with a BP
>
>destroy the popup when it is unmapped.

Ok, here is another solution.  Create a dummy widget to use as the
parent of the popup.  Never manage the dummy widget, just use it as the
parent.  This approach seems to work fine, and it makes it possible to
re-use the popup and its children.

--Jim