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From: parent@Apple.COM (Shean Parent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Proper menu title appearance when all items are dimmed
Summary: menu bar flicker
Message-ID: <22122@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 88 21:20:38 GMT
References: <1146@tank.uchicago.edu> <5279@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <5279@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt) writes:
> I too dislike the annoying flash of DrawMenuBar when all I want
> to do is dim the title of one menu.  My solution was to dim and

Darin Adler has an init called buffer menu bar that eliminates this flicker.
It was shown at MacHack some last June. I'm not sure if it is in the Public
Domain (I'll ask him and see if he would like to post it).

I would live with the problem for now since the proper place to fix it is in
the Mac system and I'm sure that sooner or later it will be.

Sean