XForms: menus show the last selection made

Dick Middleton (dick@sqf.hp.com)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:11:58 +0100

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> I use xforms 0.88 on IRIX 6.4. When I design a form using fdesign and
> test it from within fdesign, the menus work as I intended.
> However, when I run the form on its own, as part of my application, all
> menus suddenly have a new, additional entry: as the first entry in every
> menu I have the title of the menu, and after selecting an entry from the
> menu, this first entry changes to the name of the selected menu.

[snip]

> This does not happen in fdesign, and I don't want it. How do I get rid
> of it?

I complained about this the other day - it's a pain. There was no response
so I assume it's a bug/feature. You'll need to make representations to TC
(see manual about reporting bugs).

Meanwhile you can revert to the non-structure type of menu which doesn't
exhibit this feature.

Dick

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