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

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it will be sent when the item is armed.  Does the snippet WORKFORYOU?

"Didier Montet" <didier.montet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d7l7f9$f5f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I don't know weither it is a bug or not. I thought the SWT.Arm event was
> sent when the mouse cursor was over the menu item. The mechanism doesn't
> seem to be so. So I don't know which listener I must add neither which
> object will be the right one to listen.
> Have you any idea?
> Thanks a lot.
>
> > 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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