RE: Menus (was RE: Shortcuts ??)

[Paul Hepworth <phepworth s-vision com>]

> > The Conditional Cascade Menu does all this already (see OS/2 / icewm
> /
> > DFM (although DFM's don't popup or indicate selected menu item as
> they
> > should yet)).
> > A selectable cascade is obvious because it has the arrow button
> while an
> > unselectable (normal) cascade does not.  The bold default on the
> cascade
> > is implemented in OS/2, of course; I just forgot to mention it.
> > If anyone hasn't tried conditional cascades and has access to OS/2,
> I
> > urge you to try them.  You'll like them!  We really should have them
> in
> > gnome/gtk!
> 
> 	(I can't resist!)  You forgot olwm.  (Although most people don't
> use the feature.)  If you left click on a menu, you get the default
> behavior...  If you right click, you get the menu.  Right clicking
> also
> selects the menu at the point where the default is.   Of course, most
> people turn that off since left clicking seems "more intuitive" and
> thus
> you get a little messed up if you don't want the default.
> 
> 
Well... the olwm menus are most certainly not the same thing as a
conditional cascade.  They have a vaquely similar aspect, but that's it.
First thing I do when I must use openlook is add
"OpenWindows.SelectDisplaysMenu: True" to my .OWdefaults!


Paul