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Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
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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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