popup menu not grabbing focus problems

[Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl>]

First of all, hello to all, this is my first message to this mailing
list.

I am trying to write a gnome shell extension and got into trouble that
I can't solve, there is so little documentation about the overview of
how things are connected in the gnome shell.

Maybe somebody can help me here, I hope so.

Here goes:

I am writing an extension that is a variation to both quicklaunch
extensions, mine is a buttonbar that collects the XDG category of
a .desktop file and defines a button for each found Main XDG category,
when clicked on the button a popup menu becomes visible with all
the .desktop files that carry the category.

This is where things go rough on me, I am able to show a quicklaunch
bar, I am able to show each button, I am able to populate the menu that
is connected to the button, and I am able to open the right popup menu
when clicking a button.

But that point is where things go stuck for me, clicking the button
brings up the menu but the menu does not want to grab the focus and
sits there, when clicking on the menu, anything that is under it will
be activated but not the items on the menu.

I have tried anything in my power to make it grab focus, somehow I
cannot make the mental picture where I left out a connection or where
the click event of the button only makes the menu appear without it
grabbing focus.

I tried the button being a PanelMenuButton.prototype, I tried the
buttons without a container, I tried defining my own button with the
menu connection, none works beyond my current status, all got stuck at
the same point.

Can somebody help me on my way?
Although I am a long time programmer, Javascript does not come natural
to me so forgive me if I may not understand any directions immediatly.


Thanks on front.

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