Quest: emulation of menu thru FvwmButtons

[6thpink]

Im trying to do some kind of menu using FvwmButtons. So far the thing does not look too bad (I’ll post screens when I have finished). I’ve run into some problems and managed to solve almost everything on my own, though, there are a couple of things that I wonder.

First, I made this to emulate the menu-feel. Basically, it closes the menu when you move the mouse out of it. This is what I have now:

Module FvwmEvent FvwmFocusChange
*FvwmFocusChange: Cmd
*FvwmFocusChange: leave_window FocusChange

DestroyFunc FocusChange
AddToFunc FocusChange
+ I ThisWindow (MenuPanel|DevicePanel) Close

I don’t know if this is the best event, and the thing I am worried about is the +I line. Is really Close the best bet here? I ask because when I go out the menu closes, that’s ok, but a bit later I can see the menu blink again in the screen (like respawning or something) and hide again very fast (but perceptible). Of course, MenuPanel and DevicePanel are both FvwmButtons instances.

Second: I’m aware of the ActionOnPress option of FvwmButtons. Would it be possible to replicate that behaviour when using panelized FvwmButtons? What I would like is the fake menus to open on click, and not when I release the button. I suppose that this question has no possitive answer, but as I always say: to ask is for free.

• Thanks and regards. If you are interested in this thing keep an eye here, I will post some screenies when I have something usefull.

[thomasadam]

@6thpink

Im trying to do some kind of menu using FvwmButtons.

theBlackDragon beat you to this:

viewtopic.php?t=420

@6thpink

First, I made this to emulate the menu-feel. Basically, it closes the menu when you move the mouse out of it. This is what I have now:

Module FvwmEvent FvwmFocusChange
*FvwmFocusChange: Cmd
*FvwmFocusChange: leave_window FocusChange

DestroyFunc FocusChange
AddToFunc FocusChange
+ I ThisWindow (MenuPanel|DevicePanel) Close

I don’t know if this is the best event, and the thing I am worried about is the +I line. Is really Close the best bet here? I ask because when I go out the menu closes, that’s ok, but a bit later I can see the menu blink again in the screen (like respawning or something) and hide again very fast (but perceptible). Of course, MenuPanel and DevicePanel are both FvwmButtons instances.

That is the correct event to use, yes. I suspect something else is happening though.

@6thpink

Second: I’m aware of the ActionOnPress option of FvwmButtons. Would it be possible to replicate that behaviour when using panelized FvwmButtons? What I would like is the fake menus to open on click, and not when I release the button. I suppose that this question has no possitive answer, but as I always say: to ask is for free.

You want to keep the “panels” open whilst the mouse button is held down?

– Thomas Adam

[6thpink]

@ThomasAdam

@6thpink

Im trying to do some kind of menu using FvwmButtons.

theBlackDragon beat you to this:

viewtopic.php?t=420

Vow! I will look into that. Sure I can get something usefull from there.
Thanks.

@ThomasAdam

@6thpink

Second: I’m aware of the ActionOnPress option of FvwmButtons. Would it be possible to replicate that behaviour when using panelized FvwmButtons? What I would like is the fake menus to open on click, and not when I release the button. I suppose that this question has no possitive answer, but as I always say: to ask is for free.

You want to keep the “panels” open whilst the mouse button is held down?

Yes. That’s the point, and select an item on release. But I think that this is to ask for too much.

Thanks for the link. Im going to check the stuff there right now.