Progress
Programming
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Menu Bar

A menu bar is associated with a window. Each Progress window can have only one menu bar, and that menu bar contains menu items know as menu titles. When the user selects a menu title, a pull-down menu with one or more items may appear directly below the menu bar. Depending on the application, nested pull-down menus may appear to the sides of menu items when you select them.

Figure 22–1 shows a menu bar with two menu titles. When you select Edit, a pull-down menu with three menu items appears below Edit. When you further choose the menu item Add, a nested submenu with four menu items appears to the side of Add. The Static Menu section describes how to select menu items using the mouse and the keyboard.

Figure 22–1: Window with a Menu Bar

In a graphical interface, you can use the mouse to pull down menus from the menu bar and choose menu items. In a character interface, use the ENTER–MENUBAR key function (usually mapped to F3) to give focus to the menu bar. You can then use the left and right arrow keys to position to a menu title. Press RETURN to pull down the menu and the up and down arrow keys to position to a menu item. Press RETURN again to choose the menu item.


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