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authorLuc Teirlinck <[email protected]>2005-05-05 23:05:00 +0000
committerLuc Teirlinck <[email protected]>2005-05-05 23:05:00 +0000
commit53420faaaf930347bd61bd9b4e6941a3a6df2e5d (patch)
treef8722449dd4a3e959da730ebabe46eea0facda4f /lispref/frames.texi
parent342ef03d5b60f9036f1f4b1bba5df62f8d4ce64f (diff)
(Pop-Up Menus): Complete description of `x-popup-menu'.
(Dialog Boxes): Complete description of `x-popup-dialog'.
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@@ -1402,6 +1402,13 @@ Each item should normally be a cons cell @code{(@var{line} . @var{value})},
where @var{line} is a string, and @var{value} is the value to return if
that @var{line} is chosen. An item can also be a string; this makes a
non-selectable line in the menu.
+
+If the user gets rid of the menu without making a valid choice, for
+instance by clicking the mouse away from a valid choice or by typing
+keyboard input, then this normally results in a quit and
+@code{x-popup-menu} does not return. But if @var{position} is a mouse
+button event (indicating that the user invoked the menu with the
+mouse) then no quit occurs and @code{x-popup-menu} returns @code{nil}.
@end defun
@strong{Usage note:} Don't use @code{x-popup-menu} to display a menu
@@ -1470,6 +1477,10 @@ window don't matter; only the frame matters.
In some configurations, Emacs cannot display a real dialog box; so
instead it displays the same items in a pop-up menu in the center of the
frame.
+
+If the user gets rid of the dialog box without making a valid choice,
+for instance using the window manager, then this produces a quit and
+@code{x-popup-dialog} does not return.
@end defun
@node Pointer Shapes