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MenuItem.SetSelectable
Sets whether menu item is selectable.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Menu | 6.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Deprecated
This function was deprecated. Use MenuItem.SetEnabled instead.
MBS( "MenuItem.SetSelectable"; item; Value ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| item | The reference to the menu item. Please create one with MenuItem.CreateMenuItem or MenuItem.CreateSeparator. | $item |
| Value | The new setting. Pass 1 to make menu item selectable or 0 to disable selection. |
0 |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Sets whether menu item is selectable.By default on Mac you can select submenu's parent menu item. This function can be used to disable this behavior.
For the plugin all menu items are created selectable = true by default.
Currently this flag has no effect on Windows.
Examples
Disable selecting menuitem:
MBS("MenuItem.SetSelectable"; $item; 0)
See also
Release notes
- Version 12.0
- Deprecated MenuItem.GetSelectable and MenuItem.SetSelectable since they don't work properly anymore on current macOS versions.
Blog Entries
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.6pr4
- MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.3 for OS X/Windows
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.3pr3
FileMaker Magazin
This function is free to use.
Created 17th June 2016, last changed 19th December 2021
