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- From: orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Things That May Become Dim
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.111616.3574@reed.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 11:16:16 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Jul22.111616.3574
- Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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- Pardon me if I seem naive about these issues, especially they have been
- clarfied by System 7. I'm still trying to get a grip on the state of
- Macintosh application programming as of System 6 <:-)
-
- Is depending on the enableFlags of a MenuHandle asking for trouble? Say,
- to disable all items in a single blow, or to find out swiftly whether any
- commands are enabled?
-
- If all of the commands in a menu are dimmed, should the menu's title on
- the menu bar also be dimmed?
-
- If a non-movable modal dialog is up, should all of the menu titles on the
- menu bar be dimmed, since you can't use them? What if one of the menus is
- hilited to begin with, such as the Apple menu after bringing up an about
- window that goes away as soon as you click?
-
- Should the menu bar be visible when the application has just been
- launched and the splash screen is hanging out?
-
- If a dialog window is deactivated, perhaps by the application being
- suspended or another dialog coming up, should the dialog items be
- dimmed?
-
- "DTS honestly reminds me of my first girlfriend's father..."
- Theus (Prometheus Hawthorne - Jones, orpheus@reed.edu)
-