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Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:26 am**

I am trying to create a menubar with multiple choices (ex: Blue, Black,Red). When selected, it changes the color of a button on the stack. What I was wondering... how can I create a "check mark" next to the menu item that was just selected?

Here is what I have:

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on menuPick pItemName
   switch pItemName
      
      case "Black"
         set the icon of button buttonFace to Blackicon.png
        // NEED TO UNCHECK PREVIOUS SELECTION AND CHECK CURRENT SELECTION
         break
         
      case "Blue"
         --code here
         break
         
      case "Red"
         --- code
        --code here
         break
         
   end switch
end menuPick

Thanks in advance!!!

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:25 pm**

Hi Xacto,
I always use btns for menus with this script to display a checkmark.
You may also have a look to menuhistory.

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on menuPick pItemName
   DoMyCheckMark the label of the target
   switch pItemName
      case "Black"
         break 
      case "Blue"
         --code here
         break
   end switch
   set the label of the target to pItemName
end menuPick

on DoMyCheckMark pLabel
  if pLabel = empty then exit DoMyCheckMark
   put the text of the target into tPrevText
   replace "!c"  with empty in tPrevText
   replace "!c"  with empty in pItemName
   put lineoffset(pLabel & cr, tPrevText & cr) into tMH
   put "!c" before line tMH of  tPrevText
   set the text of the target to tPrevText
end DoMyCheckMark

Best regards
Jean-Marc

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:43 am**

Thank you so much... it is "somewhat" working. I have to select the menu item TWICE before the checkmark shows.

In your code you have:

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if pLabel = empty then exit FaitCheckMark

I get an error on this line. In order to make it run, I changed it to this:

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 if pLabel = empty then exit DoMyCheckMark

Is the reason it does not always work?

Thanks again

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:44 pm**

I have to select the menu item TWICE before the checkmark shows.

Ni idea. Do you use a btn menu ?

I get an error on this line

Yes, I changed it

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:50 am**

No, not a button - It is the system menubar item. Created with the "Menu Builder"

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:52 am**

All menus in the menubar are formed from a group of buttons with certain properties set. The menu builder just helps that process along.

This may not be pertinent to the problem.

Craig

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:15 am**

Here is an example of what is happening. (see attachment)
The menu selects the color correctly, however you have to select the menu two times before it puts a check mark next to the menu item.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:06 pm**

I played a bit with your stack and I discover that The target of a btn of a menu group return the name of group and not the name of the clicked btn.
Here is a stack with menu and popup btn with same behavior.
They use the same script (in stack)
Jean-Marc

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:34 pm**

Wow,
I tried intead of "!c" on my linux machine these:

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numtoChar(49851)

and I got these: »
It can be handy.

Posted: **Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:18 am**

Thank you so much... works perfect!

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