[Lazarus] Frames and menus

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 21 May 2012 12:12:39 +0000
Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 May 2012 11:11:50 +0000
> > Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.lazarus at telemetry.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> >> [...]
> >> What I'm finding is that when I tell the IDE to drop a frame onto the 
> >> form, it displays a "Select Frame" dialog with no content.
> > 
> > How did you create the frame?
> 
> File -> New... -> Module-Frame

Fixed in svn. Please test.

 
> > Please try:
> > open the frame and close it. 
> > Then focus the form and click "Select frame".
> > 
> > Do you see the frame in the list?
> 
> Yes, and I think I continue seeing it if the frame is subsequently reopened.

ok

 
>[...]
> Any thoughts about the menu aspect- am I trying to do something impossible?

I never tried nesting a main menu. Many platforms treat main menus
special, so probably it is not portable.
Using a toolbar or a panel with some popup menus should work on all
platforms.


Mattias