TITLE
    Internet Address Detectors: Contextual Menu Inconsistency
Article ID:
Created:
Modified:
22077
9/16/97
6/6/01

TOPIC

    After installing Internet Address Detectors (IAD), contextual menus in some programs may be inconsistent. For example, in FileMaker Pro, a control click on fields in the layout mode no longer produces a contextual menu.


DISCUSSION

    IAD installs an extension called Contextual Menu Enabler. It intercepts Control-clicks and forces the front-most application to copy the current selection to the clipboard by placing a Command-C in its event queue. It then takes this content and passes it on to the Contextual Menu Manager. If this extension was not installed, the only application that would support Apple's Contextual Menu would be the Finder.

    Unfortunately, the Contextual Menu Enabler does get in the way of some other application's use of the control key. It is Apple's hope that applications will be revised soon for the Contextual Menu Manager so this Enabler is not necessary. The Enabler deactivates itself in applications that have been revised for the real Contextual Menu Manager.


Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS 8.0
Sub Category: General Topics
Keywords: ksts

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