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  • Re: Menus

    From Doug Webb@21:1/5 to Chris Newman on Tue Sep 19 16:15:10 2023
    In message <5ae664f61amec@npost.uk>
    Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:

    Hi folks,

    On my RiscPC, I had something which, when you were invoking a menu near
    the right hand edge of he screen, the arrows would point left instead of right so you could still access the sub-menus.

    I don't think it was an app; I suspect it was a module. I've searched diligently in the RiscPC Boot but can find nothing with a name that gives
    me a clue.

    Can anyone remember what this useful piece of kit was?

    I'd like to see if it is 32 bit safe and try it on R5.

    Cheers,

    Hi Chris,

    Wasn't this a feature of RISC OS 6?


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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 15:58:49 2023
    Hi folks,

    On my RiscPC, I had something which, when you were invoking a menu near
    the right hand edge of he screen, the arrows would point left instead of
    right so you could still access the sub-menus.

    I don't think it was an app; I suspect it was a module. I've searched diligently in the RiscPC Boot but can find nothing with a name that gives
    me a clue.

    Can anyone remember what this useful piece of kit was?

    I'd like to see if it is 32 bit safe and try it on R5.

    Cheers,

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    Chris

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to Doug Webb on Tue Sep 19 16:32:11 2023
    In article <6e7566e65a.dougjwebb@btinternet.com>,
    Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> wrote:
    In message <5ae664f61amec@npost.uk>
    Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:

    On my RiscPC, I had something which, when you were invoking a
    menu near the right hand edge of he screen, the arrows would
    point left instead of right so you could still access the
    sub-menus.

    I don't think it was an app; I suspect it was a module. I've
    searched diligently in the RiscPC Boot but can find nothing with
    a name that gives me a clue.

    Can anyone remember what this useful piece of kit was?

    I'd like to see if it is 32 bit safe and try it on R5.

    Wasn't this a feature of RISC OS 6?

    Dunno, but...

    Help on keyword SmartMenu
    Smartmenu opens submenus to the left when menus are opened beyond a
    percentage of the screenwidth.
    Help on keyword SmartMenu
    Module is: SmartMenu 0.21 (31-07-2006) © Dick Tanis

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to Martin on Tue Sep 19 17:34:50 2023
    In article <5ae668042dNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
    Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <6e7566e65a.dougjwebb@btinternet.com>,
    Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> wrote:
    In message <5ae664f61amec@npost.uk>
    Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:

    On my RiscPC, I had something which, when you were invoking a
    menu near the right hand edge of he screen, the arrows would
    point left instead of right so you could still access the
    sub-menus.

    I don't think it was an app; I suspect it was a module. I've
    searched diligently in the RiscPC Boot but can find nothing with
    a name that gives me a clue.

    Can anyone remember what this useful piece of kit was?

    I'd like to see if it is 32 bit safe and try it on R5.

    Wasn't this a feature of RISC OS 6?

    Dunno, but...

    Help on keyword SmartMenu
    Smartmenu opens submenus to the left when menus are opened beyond a percentage of the screenwidth.
    Help on keyword SmartMenu
    Module is: SmartMenu 0.21 (31-07-2006) © Dick Tanis

    Thank you. That was it. Now in Boot.Choices. Boot.Predesk


    Works on R 5.29

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Chris Newman on Tue Sep 19 20:34:30 2023
    In article <5ae664f61amec@npost.uk>,
    Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:
    Hi folks,

    On my RiscPC, I had something which, when you were invoking a menu near
    the right hand edge of he screen, the arrows would point left instead of right so you could still access the sub-menus.

    I don't think it was an app; I suspect it was a module. I've searched diligently in the RiscPC Boot but can find nothing with a name that gives
    me a clue.

    Can anyone remember what this useful piece of kit was?

    I'd like to see if it is 32 bit safe and try it on R5.

    Cheers,

    The one I have is a RISC OS 6 thing, controlled by "Configuration-
    Windows" and from the sub menu "Windows" Menu slide.

    Dave

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