BBjMenuButton::isDropdownMenuVisible

Description

In BBj 15.0 and higher, this method indicates whether a BBjMenuButton dropdown menu is currently visible (open).

Syntax

Return Value

Method

boolean

isDropdownMenuVisible()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns a boolean value indicating whether a BBjMenuButton dropdown menu is currently visible.

Remarks

Querying this value from an event that inherently opens or closes the dropdown menu, like the button pressed event handler, can generate misleading results

Example

rem ' BBjMenuButton::isDropdownMenuVisible

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()
title$ = "isDropdownMenuVisible"
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(100,100,225,125,title$,$00090003$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_KEYPRESS,"keypress")
menubutton! = window!.addMenuButton(101,25,25,175,25,"MenuButton",$4000$)
dropdown! = sysgui!.addPopupMenu()
dropdown!.addMenuItem(-201,"DropdownItem 1")
dropdown!.addMenuItem(-202,"DropdownItem 2")
menubutton!.setDropdownMenu(dropdown!)
process_events

eoj:
release

keypress:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    if event!.getKeyCode()=302 and !menubutton!.isDropdownMenuVisible()then
        menubutton!.setDropdownMenuVisible(1)
    endif
return

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjControl

BBjSysGui

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.