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From: rubin@mtuxn.UUCP (Mike Rubin)
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Subject: Re: Bug in Switch Desk Accessory?
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 15:51:17 EST
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The Extras D.A. (I have version 1.2) exhibits a similar bug with MacDraw.
When you call Extras, it appends its own "Extras" title to the menu bar;
if you use any of the "Show xxx" functions from the Extras menu, the whole
menu bar goes away except for File and Edit, with not much under them.
I seem to remember that choosing "Quit" from the File menu would bring you
back, but am not sure (I'm just not using Extras with MacDraw now).

My guess is that MacDraw has too full a menu bar for its own good, and
adding any more titles causes something to overflow.  It goes undetected
until the DA tries to change its menu (when you use a "Show xxx" function, the
menu item changes to "Hide xxx").  The Menu Manager then notices the corruption
and puts up a default menu instead.  Hmm, the Extras menu title is so far to
the right that it would overlap Switcher's arrows if I were using Switcher...
I wonder who'd win?