One bindkeys for performance of two functions

Hi Slawa,

I'm not quite sure of your question, but if I understand correctly, you are asking if it is also possible to close the Fixed Menu using a bindkey, similar to the way that the menu was displayed, if so then the answer is "yes".  

The reason I'm not sure of your question is that it would surely have taken less time to test the question that it must have taken to post it!

Anyway, I built an example based on what you put in the post, and I was able to add another bindkey to close the menu:

hiSetBindKey("Command Interpreter" "Ctrl<Key>o" "hiFixedMenuDown(TEST)")

A bindkey can have two different bindings based on whether an enterfunction is running or not.  A bindkey can call more than one function or perform more than one action.  I could not find a function to test if a fixed menu is being displayed, but it is safe to call the hiFixedMenuDown() function even if the menu is not currently displayed.

If I have misunderstood the question, can you please explain in more detail what the question is?

Regards,

Lawrence.

Hi, Lawrence

I meant that the first pressing of a combination of keys displays given FxedMenu and repeated (in a case if the menu is already opened) it closes. The combination of keys is thus invariable. That is
1) the first pressing = hiDisplayFixedMenu
2) the second pressing (if the menu is already opened) = hiFixedMenuDown

Regards

Slawa

 Hi Slawa,

Ok, now I understand - this is possible but a little tricky.  Here's some code that I wrote and tested successfully:

procedure(toggleTestMenu() 
let( (one two)
  if(boundp('TEST) && hiIsInstantiated(TEST)
  then 
    hiFixedMenuDown(TEST) 
    TEST = 'unbound
  else
    one = hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'one ?itemText "One" ?callback "printf(\"One\\n\")")
    two = hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'two ?itemText "Two" ?callback "printf(\"Two\\n\")")
    TEST = hiCreateVerticalFixedMenu(
              'TEST 
              list(one two) 2 1
            )
    hiDisplayFixedMenu(TEST "top" 500 500)
  ); if
); let
); procedure

Then your bindkey would just call the toggleTestMenu().  The global symbol holding the menu needs to be undefined using 'unbound because the function hiIsInstantiated() returns t as long as the menu has been instantiated (displayed) once, even if it is no longer currently displayed!  So the workaround is to recreate the menu each time it is needed.  The unfortunate side effect is that if the menu was dismissed using the automatically added "Done" button, you need to press the bindkey twice to re-display the menu again.

I hope that this answers your question.

Best Regards,

Lawrence

 Many thanks for the help

 It has very much helped

Best regards

Slawa