Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!YALE.ARPA!ortiz-luis
From: ortiz-luis@YALE.ARPA ("Luis F. Ortiz")
Newsgroups: mod.computers.apollo
Subject: [munnari!cheops.OZ!tony@seismo.CSS.GOV: pop up menus]
Message-ID: <8609010732.6434@mulga.OZ>
Date: Mon, 1-Sep-86 18:29:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: mulga.8609010732.6434
Posted: Mon Sep  1 18:29:14 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 3-Sep-86 20:52:24 EDT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Reply-To: munnari!cheops.OZ!tony@seismo.CSS.GOV (Anthony Grech)
Organization: The ARPA Internet
Lines: 31
Approved: apollo@yale-comix.arpa


	Does anyone know how to implement a pop up menu for an apollo,
	which would be somewhat similar to that of a sun ?

	Ideally, I would like to be able to define a mouse button
	(for a particular pad) to bring up a small window in which I am
	running dialog.

	The way I tried to do this is by keeping the window dialog is
	running in invisible and defining the second button on the mouse
	button to make the window visible. However, I would like the menu
	to appear underneath the new mouse position but there is no way
	to move an invisible window (?) which means the user first sees
	the menu appear in the old position and then reappear under the
	cursor.

	Mac-like pull-downs are probably just as tricky since the
	interaction with dialog is restricted to the size of the related
	pad.

	It seems to me
		1.	I am stuck with allocating a portion of my
			window for dialog and having it visible all
			the time (not that bad really - but annoying)
		2.	more DM commands should probably be allowed
			to reference windows by name

	Thanks.


** End Forwarded Message **