"Text" as umenu entry

Georg Hajdu's icon

When I use the string "Text" in umenu, the object will show a
keyboard shortcut (alt-command N) on the right. Somehow Max seems to
confuse the umenu entry with its own menu (File->New->Text).

Georg

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

Hi Georg,

the alt+command + N is one of my shortcut system (which modify the
application shortcuts). I've seen that strange behavior in the umenu,
and I've really no idea why this happens... But anyway, it's
harmless :-)

Best,
ej

PhiDjee's icon

Yes, that's strange. And also:

(1)/w --> [prepend append] --> umenu

displays a shortcut but it is grayed out... ?

Best,
Philippe

Peter Castine's icon

On 19-Jun-2006, at 16:51, Philippe GRUCHET wrote:

> (1)/w

Not very strange;-

Left-parentheses and slash are treated by the Mac OS API as meta-
characters, disabling the menu item and generating the command-key
shortcut, respectively.

Many people have been disappointed that only a subset of the meta-
characters handled by Mac OS are supported by umenu. You seem to have
stumbled upon both of them by accident.

I don't know of a workaround other than avoiding these characters,
sorry.

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PhiDjee's icon

Thanks Peter for your explanations. Very helpful!

Bye,
PG
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