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- From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
- Subject: Re: MenuBar challenge
- In-Reply-To: sglanger@vela.acs.oakland.edu's message of Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:03:26 GMT
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 15:54:26
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- In article <1993Jan24.160326.2070@vela.acs.oakland.edu> sglanger@vela.acs.oakland.edu (LANGER STEVEN C) writes:
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- I know that the menubar is "supposed to" only accept homogenous
- children of type pull down menu. My problem is, my clients want a
- display like this
-
- -- /MainWin small | BIG
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- PD1 PD2 PD3 Pd4 Help < _________> 75%
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- work area
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-
- I've got the menubarr set up with the pulldowns as shown above
- and enough space on the right to hold the "Power meter"
- it consists of left and right arrows, colored segments (like
- a tape decks VU meter) and the power value numeric displayed to
- the right.
-
- I've already got the power meter written (all subclassed on a drawing
- area) and attached just under the menubar. The clients want it ON
- the menubar. Is there some way to "fake out" the menubars homogeneous
- setting?
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- You could set the shadow thickness to 0 on the menubar, and use
- another manager to paste together the menubar and your meter. That
- composite could then be encased in a Frame with the appropriate
- shadow.
- --
- Douglas S. Rand <drand@osf.org> OSF/Motif Dev.
- Snail: 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
- Disclaimer: I don't know if OSF agrees with me... let's vote on it.
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