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Article #26024Re: Pull down menus.
From: Andy J. Williams
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1988 14:56
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1988 14:56
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In article <7398@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Gregory Dow) writes:
>I've been thinking about an extension to the standard Mac interface where
>a multiple-button mouse is simulated using modifier keys. I propose that
>option-clicking (or control-clicking) should display a hierarchical popup menu
>of the titles in the menu bar. For example, in a simple program with just
>an Apple, File, and Edit menu, you would get the following:
>
> -------------
> | A > |
> | File > |
> | Edit > |
> -------------
>
>This menu would popup next to the mouse location and behave as a normal
>hierarchical menu.
A DA that does this already exists. It is called Popup and I believe it
is available on SUMEX. Once you activate the DA it will pop this exact
menu up whereever you click with Shift and Command down. It is a very nice
thing to have if you are using a large screen. I use it alot with BigScreen
Init (which is almost the same as having a large screen.) It would be nice
if this were an INIT or a CDEV. You have to select the DA each time you
reboot.
> Gregory Dow ARPA: elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu
-Andy
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!eos!aurora!labrea!decwrl!decvax!dartvax!eleazar!ack From: ack@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Andy J. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Pull down menus. Message-ID: <8334@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 6 Mar 88 14:56:59 GMT References: <4129@hoptoad.uucp> <283@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> <1710@ssc-vax.UUCP> <3996@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> <730@nuchat.UUCP> <7398@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: ack@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Andy J. Williams) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 44