[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: [How to] SWT -> Listeners for MenuItem

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

See
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet152.java?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

I'm not sure what you mean "the user must click onto the menu to generate
the event".  Do we have a bug?

"News" <didier.montet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d7idv4$4h5$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I would like to display a text in a status bar when the mouse cursor is
over
> a menu item of a menu bar (for example the classic menu "&File" of a bar
> menu). I am not satisfied with the arm listener: the user must click onto
> the menu item to generate the event. The Menu listener added to the menu
> associated with the menu item neither answers the question as it's still
> necessary to click the menuitem.
> The menu item is displayed in 3D when the mouse cursor is over the menu
> item. Which object is responsible for the displaying? Which event is
> treated?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help
>
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