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Problems with fly out menus (FM-15)
Dear friends,
Although this has nothing to do with scripting, it is equally demanding: FrameMaker Customisation…
In my Enhance Tool Bars (ETB) I use flyout menus to reduce the number of buttons. There are now three of these flyouts (ETBPgfAlignPopup, ETBRulerTabsPopup, ETBPgfActionsPopup), which work well since FM-12.
For example for ETBPgfAlignPopup the menu file contains
<Command ETBPgfAlignPopup <Label ETB paragraph alignment…>
<Definition \x914>
<Param ETBPgfAlignMenu>>
<Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu <Label Pgf Alignment…>>
<Add LeftPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>>
<Add CenterPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>>
<Add RightPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>>
<Add FullyJustifyPara <Menu ETBPgfAlignMenu>>
The toolbar contains
<FLYOUT command="ETBPgfAlignPopup" tooltip="Text alignment …">
<images base="etb_icons\text_align_left"/>
</FLYOUT>
I wanted to combine the cell align buttons into such a flyout:
The menu file contains
<Command ETBCellAlignPopup <Label Cell Alignment… [ETB]>
<Definition \x914>
<Param ETBCellAlignMenu>>
<Menu ETBCellAlignMenu <Label Cell Alignment… [ETB]>>
<Add AlignTop <Menu ETBCellAlignMenu>>
<Add AlignMiddle <Menu ETBCellAlignMenu>>
<Add AlignBottom <Menu ETBCellAlignMenu>>
The toolbar contains
<FLYOUT command="ETBCellAlignPopup" tooltip="Cell Alignment…">
<images base="etb_icons\table_cell_align"/>
</FLYOUT>
The result is depressing, if cursor is in a table cell:
- The button is present in the tool bar and it shows its tool tip
- The icon is dimmed, hence the button is not active
- Hence there is no drop-down menu to be selected from
I have not the slightest idea, why this does not work.
Has anyone out there in frame-space (even Adobe) an idea how to get this working?
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