My pop up menu deselects my text...

[Ken Ray]

Well, I don't know exactly your code, but I whipped up a quick example
that works... maybe you can pull it apart and apply it to your
situation.

1) I created an option button with three items in it (Cut, Copy, Paste)
2) I created a field to hold the text and typed some text in it
3) I put this script in the field:

on mouseDown
  if the controlKey is down then
    popup btn "Popper" at the mouseLoc
  end if
end mouseDown

When I selected some text and control-clicked, the popup menu appeared;
I selected an item and released and the menu disappeared and the text
was still selected.

HTH,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

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> Subject: My pop up menu deselects my text...
> 
> 
> I am trying to create a context pop up menu that allows you 
> to simply copy text.  
>  
> Problem:  the "popup" command works just fine, but as soon as 
> my menu pops up, my selected text is deselected.
>  
> I have a goofy work around right now where I just throw the 
> selected text into a container and then change it's color (so 
> you know what was
> highlighted) before popping up the context menu.
>  
> But I need to be able to pop up the menu while keeping my 
> text selected (like all word processors do).
>  
> What am I missing?
>  
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