Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!geaclib!rae@geac.uucp
From: rae@geac.uucp (Reid Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: select multiple items MDEF
Summary: do I need an MBDF as well?
Keywords: mdef, select
Message-ID: <3749@geaclib.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 89 06:41:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: geaclib.3749
Reply-To: rae@geac.uucp (Reid Ellis)
Organization: T'nir Software
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My friends showed me an Amiga when it first came out.  Right away,
I wanted two things for my Mac.  The first was hierarchical
menus.  I was part way through writing my own MDEF to do this when
new system software came out and there it was.  Yay!

The second thing was the ability to select an item in a menu
without "letting go" of the menu.  For example, being able to
select the baud rate, parity and data bits from a serial settings
menu without having to select the same menu [assuming they're all
in the same menu] over and over and over.

So now I'm thinking, "Hey, how about selecting an item if you hit
Enter while that item is highlighted?"  Ok, so now I have an
idea.  The next thing to resolve is its scope.  Is it possible to
do this only from an MDEF?  If I return from an MDEF with the menu
still drawn on the screen, will the application immediately get
another mouseDown inMenuBar event?  Or will I need to write my own
MBAR def as well?

					Reid
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