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Clear the menu pattern buffer.
REQ_BACK_PATTERN
- Delete the previous character from the pattern
- buffer.
+ Delete the previous character from the pattern buf-
+ fer.
REQ_NEXT_MATCH
Move to the next item matching the pattern match.
REQ_PREV_MATCH
Move to the previous item matching the pattern match.
- If the second argument is a printable character, the code
- appends it to the pattern buffer and attempts to move to
- the next item matching the new pattern. If there is no
+ If the second argument is a printable character, the code
+ appends it to the pattern buffer and attempts to move to
+ the next item matching the new pattern. If there is no
such match, <STRONG>menu_driver</STRONG> returns <STRONG>E_NO_MATCH</STRONG> and deletes the
appended character from the buffer.
- If the second argument is one of the above pre-defined
+ If the second argument is one of the above pre-defined
requests, the corresponding action is performed.
<STRONG>MOUSE</STRONG> <STRONG>HANDLING</STRONG>
- If the second argument is the KEY_MOUSE special key, the
+ If the second argument is the KEY_MOUSE special key, the
associated mouse event is translated into one of the above
- pre-defined requests. Currently only clicks in the user
- window (e.g. inside the menu display area or the decora-
+ pre-defined requests. Currently only clicks in the user
+ window (e.g., inside the menu display area or the decora-
tion window) are handled.
If you click above the display region of the menu:
a REQ_LAST_ITEM is generated for a triple-click.
- If you click at an item inside the display area of the
+ If you click at an item inside the display area of the
menu:
- the menu cursor is positioned to that item.
- If you double-click an item a REQ_TOGGLE_ITEM is
generated and <STRONG>E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND</STRONG> is returned.
- This return value makes sense, because a double
+ This return value makes sense, because a double
click usually means that an item-specific action
- should be returned. It is exactly the purpose
- of this return value to signal that an applica-
+ should be returned. It is exactly the purpose
+ of this return value to signal that an applica-
tion specific command should be executed.
- If a translation into a request was done,
- <STRONG>menu_driver</STRONG> returns the result of this request.
+ <STRONG>menu_driver</STRONG> returns the result of this request.
If you clicked outside the user window or the mouse event
could not be translated into a menu request an