Re: [Gnash-dev] Implementing Stage.showMenu()

[strk]

 I think the power should always be given to user, not 
publisher of any SWF. That said, the user should also have the power
to have a Gnash instance behaving as close as possible to the 
proprietary counterpart (for whatever reason) so semantic of 
showMenu response shoudl be a runtime configurationi IMHO.

--strk;

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:07:00PM -0600, Jonathan Crider wrote:
> Hey all, I need some opinions about things. I'm working at implementing 
> Stage.showMenu (and others), and I've run into a semantics issue. I have 
> most of the code in place to call the fscommand handler for this 
> function. The problem is that the current gui codes have a different 
> interpretation of showMenu than flash does.
> 
> I think gtk.cpp is the only gui that implements this function so far and 
> the method seems to hide or show the menu bar at the top of the screen 
> (I assume for the stand-alone player).
> 
> The flash documents say that Stage.showMenu() should instead, limit the 
> contents of the context (right-click) menu in the flash player. When 
> show menu is turned to false the only options on the right-click menu 
> are: Settings, and About.
> 
> The gnash player obviously has many different options than the flash 
> player, so my first question is should we allow the swf file to limit 
> what is on the right-click menu in gnash? If so, what do we want to put 
> on the menu when Stage.showMenu() is set to false?
> 
> Also, should I replace the functionality of showMenu in gtk.cpp to do 
> what Flash expects it to do? I suppose I could also write some other 
> function and have the AS Stage.showMenu call that function in the gui 
> code, but I am looking for some opinions on what is the best option.
> 
> Thanks
> Jon
> 
> 
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