Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: MenuItem.SetSelectable

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MenuItem.SetSelectable

Sets whether menu item is selectable.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Menu	6.3	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "MenuItem.SetSelectable"; item; Value ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

item The reference to the menu item. Please create one with MenuItem.CreateMenuItem or MenuItem.CreateSeparator. $item

Value The new setting.
Pass 1 to make menu item selectable or 0 to disable selection. 0

Parameter	Description	Example
item	The reference to the menu item. Please create one with MenuItem.CreateMenuItem or MenuItem.CreateSeparator.	$item
Value	The new setting. Pass 1 to make menu item selectable or 0 to disable selection.	0

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets whether menu item is selectable.
By default on Mac you can select submenu's parent menu item. This function can be used to disable this behavior.
For the plugin all menu items are created selectable = true by default.

Currently this flag has no effect on Windows.

Examples

Disable selecting menuitem:

MBS("MenuItem.SetSelectable"; $item; 0)

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Created 17th June 2016, last changed 17th June 2016

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