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Posted: **Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:24 pm**

Hello...

Is there a way to trigger default right-click menu behavior after you've taken control of a component with "Wants Mouse Notifications"?

Basically what I'm trying to do is add a left-click menu on part of my module without blocking the default right-click menu. Is this possible in any way?

JK

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:32 am**

Hey Jeremy,

I guess what you are looking for is the " int ShowDropDownMenu(String[] options, int currentlySelectedIndex, VoltageComponent showMenuUnderThisObject)" method of the VoltageModule object.

Once you get the hang of it, it is actually quite convenient.

You'll need a String[] that holds the menu items, e.g.

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private String[] waveforms = {"sin", "tri", "sqr", "saw", "rmp"};

, an int to hold the selected index, e.g.

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private int menuSelection = 0;

and a VoltageComponent you want to attach the menu to, e.g.

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private VoltageButton menuButton;

In the "Notify" method add the following to the Button_Changed case:

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if (component == menuButton) {
    menuSelection = this.ShowDropDownMenu(waveforms, menuSelection, menuButton);
    if (menuSelection == 0) {
        //do something
    } else {
      // do something else
    } // ... and so on
}

Hope this helps.

Have a merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:30 pm**

I think what JK is after is a means of calling up the default VM right-click menu rather than just a custom menu.

I have a similar problem with trying to create programmatically operable toggle buttons from normal buttons. My code works but it disables VM's right-click menu for some reason.

How some events are dispatched in VM is a bit of a mystery but it would be handy to be able to call up the right-click menu from our own code so that we can replicate "normal" behaviour.

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