From: Alin Pilkington (AlinP@AOL.COM)
Date: 4 Jan 99, 03:43 EST
From: Alin Pilkington <AlinP@AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Menu problem in 8.5.1- I have the same problem that Flip describes (and I also have a PB G3) and it does not manifest itself only when "dragging off the bottom". It can happen at any time, even when selecting "Open..." (which is near the top) in the "File" menu. It may have something to do with the PB G3 trackpad but it certainly is a relativly new phenomenon that didn't exist in Alpha 7.1 (at least I don't remember it happening then...). Alin :) John wrote: >On late model Alphas, PPC version at least, dragging off the bottom of >almost any menu (Text and Help excepted, possibly some sub menus) tears the >menu off. Click the close box on the tear-off palette to put it back. It's >a feature, not a bug. There is a slight delay in response on some of them, >and occasionally you might be tripping the tear-off just before you click >on your choice. > >-John flip wrote: >Howdy- > >sorry if this has been discussed before, i only recently re-joined the >list. i'm having an interesting problem concerning menus, using version >7.5.1 under macos 8.5.1- > >i'm using a powerbook g3, on occasion when i use the tap-drag to access >menus, clicking on a menu item will result in a tear-off menu appearing >rather than the action being taken. any clues on this? > >-flip >flip@wolfram.com >flip@skidmore.edu