Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
- Subject: Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
- From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:23:00 -0600
On Sep 26, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Programmingkid <email@hidden> wrote:
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> It has seem like a rule that has been in place forever that an application pauses processing when the mouse is down on a menu.
System 1 through OS 9, not so much OS X.
> Is there a way to make the application continue processing even with the mouse down?
If the application is already processing on the main thread, clicking on a menu will not interrupt it. The menu just won't display & track until the main thread is idle.
Processing on any other thread will not affect menu tracking, and vice versa.
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Scott Ribe
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