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Chapter 1 - Appearance Manager Reference / Appearance Manager Functions

Drawing Appearance-Compliant Menus /

GetThemeMenuSeparatorHeight

NEW WITH THE APPEARANCE MANAGER

Gets the height of a menu separator line for the current theme.

pascal OSStatus GetThemeMenuSeparatorHeight (SInt16 *outHeight);

outHeight

On output, the height (in pixels) of the menu separator line.

function result

A result code; see "Result Codes".

DISCUSSION

The GetThemeMenuSeparatorHeight function should be called when you are writing your own menu definition function and wish to calculate a menu rectangle for a separator to match the current theme.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Make sure Appearance Manager 1.0.1 is present before calling the GetThemeMenuSeparatorHeight function. See "Appearance Manager Gestalt Selector Constants" for details on how to determine if the Appearance Manager is present and what its version is, if so.