Go to Popup List but NOT Popup Menu?

[kennedy]

I'm trying to build/use a pretty OSX-like popup menu field.

It works okay when its setup as a popup *list*.

It doesn't work at all when simply changing it to a popup *menu*. Bug?

Okay, the field is set to use a popup list, but its set to *not* allow entry. (If you allow entry, then its graphics, even if transparent, cover the intended graphics when selected.)

The intended graphics are setup as a button that calls a script that does Exit Record/Request and then does Go to Field "the field".

The result: When you click on the field you invoke the button that performs the script that ends up popping up the specified popup list.

But if you simply change the field from a popup list to a popup menu, it all stops working. It seems that doing Go to Field will popup a list, but not a menu.

Am I doing something wrong? Is this a known bug? Or does this anomoly actually make sense somehow?

[BobWeaver]

It's not really a bug. It's just the difference between how a pop-up list and a pop-up menu work. A menu doesn't do anything if you tab into it. You have to click on it to display it. On the other hand a pop-up list will display if you tab into it or do a "Go to field" script step to get to it.

[SPQR]

It works in Windows...apparently not on a Mac.

[BobWeaver]

Windows and Mac operating systems treat popup menus differently. On macs, popup menus are strictly mouse accessible (unless you are using easy access). So, tabbing into them has no meaning.