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Article #26067Re: Pull down menus.
From: Jerry Whitnell
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 22:38
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 22:38
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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 nice idea, somebody beat you to it. PopIt! was just uploaded recently to Genie (or CompuServe) and does exactly what you are suggesting. It is an INIT and uses SHIFT-CMD-Button press as the key (switching the cursor to a pop-up menu cursor). Looks just like you were suggestion. In additon, under multifinder it adds a menu of applications. I look into posting it to comp.binaries.mac (although I still don't know if my last posting made it, yet). > > Gregory Dow ARPA: elcond@garnet.berkeley.edu Jerry Whitnell Been through Hell? Communication Solutions, Inc. What did you bring back for me? - A. Brilliant
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!att-ih!pacbell!ptsfa!ames!amdahl!nsc!csi!jwhitnel From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Pull down menus. Message-ID: <1440@csib.csi.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 88 22:38:38 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: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: Communications Solutions Inc., San Jose, Ca Lines: 22