Re: Menubuttons--why?
From: Bryan Oakley (oakley_at_bardo.clearlight.com)
Date: 12/21/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:01:55 GMT
Kevin Walzer wrote:
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> I'm looking for perspective on why Tk developers use menubuttons in GUI
> apps instead of menubars. On the Mac, menubuttons map to the Aqua
> combobox widget, and they make Tk apps look *very* weird. Moreover, the
> code usually isn't simple to hack to convert into a menubar.
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> What do menubuttons offer that menubars don't?
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At one point they were the only way to create menubars. For those of use
who can't use native menubars for one reason or another they are still a
viable way to make menubars.
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