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: Programmingkid <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 13:51:26 -0400
On Sep 26, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Jens Alfke wrote:
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>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 7:11 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. Is there a way to make the application continue processing even with the mouse down?
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> No, that was only true in the old "classic" OS. In OS X, menu tracking runs in a different thread and doesn't block the app's thread(s).
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> What sign are you seeing that menu tracking blocks your app?
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> --Jens
When I click on a menu, the application pauses. That seems pretty much like a smoking gun that things haven't changed much with the Mac OS.
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