Can't get MenuBar to work with SnowLeopard

[bobr]

Try as I might, I can't get menubar to work on OSX 10.6.8

I've tried running the MenuBar example code. This loads and runs o.k. but no menu items appear. I get the project window and a Form1 window but no menu items. What am I doing wrong. I know it all has to be hand coded, but the hand coding produces nothing.

[gbison]

Wish I could help you Bob but i know nothing of Mac, Slowdown will be the man to talk to on this one.

[Slowdown]

@bobr,
You probably have manually created project.
You have to change the properties of your project,

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then,

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Change it to > With MDI MainWindow (you must have myMenuBar created)
must be honest never used the menubar.

@gbison

[gbison]

@gbison:oops:

Come to think of it neither have I.....LOL

[bobr]

Yes, that's how I've got the project set. That or SDI. Makes no difference, it doesn't display a menu with either setting.

Works O.K. under Windows and Linux but NOT under OSx. If you've got a MAC, try running the MenuBar example. It doesn't display a menu, at least, not on my machine.
This is what I see:

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Under Linux I get this:

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Any other suggestions?

[Slowdown]

Hi bobr,

result of your code,

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i think you look at the wrong place.

[bobr]

Thank you so much. Yes, of course.
I was looking in totally the wrong place for the menu. I had done my original work using Windows and had assumed that the menu would appear in the same manner on the MAC. I NOW understand Bernard's note about a single menu system with Qt under OSX. In fact, the more I think about it, the more obvious it is - that's how all menu's work on the MAC!

[Slowdown]

Hi, you're welcome

[bobr]

There is, however, one thing that doesn't appear to work with the MAC.

Looking at the example code:

Dim item As MenuBarItem = MenuBar.MenuBarItem("MenuBarItem0")
item.Enabled = Not item.Enabled

This fails to disable the menu item. To handle this (which is not wholly satisfactory) you have to do this:

Dim item As MenuBarItem = MenuBar.MenuBarItem("MenuBarItem0")
item.Visible = Not item.Visible

- which does work.

[berndnoetscher]

Hi bobr,

result of your code,

MenuBar.png

i think you look at the wrong place.

Thanks slowdown for your help. You saved me some time