Bug in the group menu

[Rob Manchester]

Hi Martin,
Thanks for the update. The new function may be quite useful and as you say would get a new user up and running - providing they know to click it!

I do however get a slightly odd menu as here :

I don't remember seeing this before - maybe you know otherwise ? The line through 'hide group....' goes away once you move the mouse down past it.

Rob

 

[Phil O]

Hi Rob,

I don't see a line through 'hide group'.

 

[Martin Wynne]

I do however get a slightly odd menu as here :

I don't remember seeing this before - maybe you know otherwise ? The line through 'hide group....' goes away once you move the mouse down past it.

@Guinea_Pig_Tester

Hi Rob,

Thanks for posting. That happens only on Windows7 -- It's a long-standing bug.

(and also on Windows10 if you change to the XP style setting at program panel > program > menu style >)

It's a bug in Delphi5 in mbBarBreak on the top-level TMenuItems. Notice that even on Windows10, all TMenuItems with an mbBarBreak appear in the XP style regardless:

Notice the difference in the selection style (white text) and the bullet style, between the top-level menu and the sub-menu.

(I much prefer the XP style and usually remember to change to it for all the menus before making screenshots and videos.)

I haven't found any fix for the bug, other than to work around it by re-arranging the entire group menu as sub-menus. Which I could do and probably should do. But then every past screenshot and video will be invalidated, and I don't have the energy to remake them all.

I used to assume that if I re-arrange the menus, folks would just hunt around until they find what they want. But it seems that's no longer the case.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Martin Wynne]

Hi Rob,

I have now removed the BarBreak from the long group menu and re-arranged it as sub-menus:

As a result it now appears in the Windows10 style (unless you change to the XP style setting at program panel > program > menu style > ).

Will be in the next program update.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Rob Manchester]

Thanks Martin,

I hope it didn't cause you too much extra work. I do remember some reference to this a while back now I think about it.

Happy New Year
Rob

 

[Stephen Freeman]

still looks the same in windows 7, not to worry though, its the only PC in the house running it and will be getting "upgraded" eventually