Re: Some menus in window don't respond at launch

[Germán Arias]

On sáb, 2011-01-29 at 14:29 +0100, Fred Kiefer wrote:
> Am 28.01.2011 06:14, schrieb Germán Arias:
> > On lun, 2011-01-24 at 19:59 -0600, Germán Arias wrote:
> >> There are some non based documents apps (like SimpleAgenda or
> >> IMPreferences) where it's menus don't respond after launch the app. You
> >> need move or resize or minimize and deminimize the window, to get a
> >> functional menu. In other hand, there are apps (like Grr or
> >> LaternaMagica) that works fine. But I don't see the differences between
> >> these. Why some works fine and others no? I supposed that the problem
> >> was that even when the window can become the main window this is not set
> >> as the main window when get the menu. However, a -becomeMainWindow: at
> >> launch the app don't solve the problem. Any suggestion?
> > 
> > Well, after watch the info.plist files of LaternaMagica and RSS, these
> > seems that are using some document-based apps features. For that reason,
> > currently I don't use anymore these apps to study this problem. Instead,
> > I am using a simple app made with PC and Gorm. An example that display a
> > window at launch with the menu in window. Here I discovered an odd
> > issue. If the window in this example is configured to be displayed at
> > launch time, the only way to get a functional menu (at launch time) is
> > call the method -orderOut: in this window and then call -orderFront: or
> > makeKeyAndOrderFront: or a similar method. This seems to be stupid, but
> > works.
> > 
> > The most easy way to get a functional menu, is don't display the window
> > at launch time. And call the method -orderFront: to display the window.
> > This can be done for example in -applicationDidFinishLaunching:. But as
> > I know, this is the same method that is called when gnustep load a gorm
> > file. Then, why this don't work when you configure a window to be
> > displayed at launch? The odd thing here, is that if you configure the
> > window to be displayed at launch, and then call the method -orderFront:,
> > this don't works. Why? Is like if the gorm file set up something wrong.
> > But really I don't have idea.
> 
> Does this problem only exist for in window menus or do you have similar
> problems when using standard menus? And which theme are you using? Have
> you tried to switch of the theme?
> 

The problem occurs only with menu in window. And with any theme. Of
course, this problem don't occurs on Windows using WinUXTheme. Only on
GNU/Linux and with GSBackHandlesWindowDecorations to YES.