Re: Difference between PopupButton and MenuButton?
Re: Difference between PopupButton and MenuButton?
- Subject: Re: Difference between PopupButton and MenuButton?
- From: Travis Siegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:51:47 -0400
The menu button simply says menu button for it's default setting, pop-
up button by default displays the first option in the list. There's
a menu button in mail that allows you to select different things,
including get mail and such. Before it is clicked, it simply says
menu button. There's no indication of what may be listed in it.
In the pop up buttons though, there's always an entry that voice over
speaks presumably because it's being shown as well.
So, if you want a visible option, use popup button, if you want
options to be hidden until clicked on, use menu button. Of course,
these are my observations, and may not reflect reality.
Then again, menu button's behavior could be somewhat emulated by
leaving the first option in a popup button blank. It won't say menu
button, it will ay pop-up then blank or select one or something, so
it's not a perfect mimic, but depending on what you're doing, it may
not make a difference.
On Apr 28, 2006, at 6:17 AM, Håkan Waara wrote:
Hello,
I'm a little puzzled about these two roles:
MenuButton: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/
Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXRoleReference/
chapter_7_section_12.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001078-CH211-
DontLinkElementID_17
PopupButton:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/
AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXRoleReference/chapter_7_section_11.html#//
apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001078-CH211-DontLinkElementID_16
They appear to be identical, all the way down to the properties
they have.
The only difference is that popupbutton has a "Value" attribute of
the currently displayed menuitem. In the end, that attr is not very
useful, given that the displayed menu will contain that info anyhow.
What am I missing here?
Thanks -
Håkan Waara _______________________________________________
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