"Windows" menu doesn't automatically appear on OSX

Several tutorials say that, on OSX, a “Windows” menu will appear with default choices filled in (and there are earlier messages on this board from 2009 asking about how to hide this menu from automatically appearing).

However, for me, on OSX Lion / wxPython Cocoa, this menu doesn’t appear at all–even when I use a sample application, like the MacApp.py found at http://wiki.wxpython.org/Optimizing%20for%20Mac%20OS%20X . Has this behavior intentionally changed? Is there any way to make it appear?

Thanks!

  • j.

I'm not sure. Please ask about this on the wx-users list.

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On 5/17/12 4:29 PM, Joel Burton wrote:

Several tutorials say that, on OSX, a "Windows" menu will appear with
default choices filled in (and there are earlier messages on this board
from 2009 asking about how to hide this menu from automatically appearing).

However, for me, on OSX Lion / wxPython Cocoa, this menu doesn't appear
at all--even when I use a sample application, like the MacApp.py found
at Optimizing for Mac OS X - wxPyWiki . Has this
behavior intentionally changed? Is there any way to make it appear?

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

I’m on Lion with wx carbon and I’ve always seen it. I don’t know how familiar you are with macs/OSX but the menu for applications appears along the top of the screen on the main monitor.

Even with no menu set up I get a “Python” menu option in the menu with Services, Hide Python, Hide Others, Show All and Quit

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On 18 May 2012 00:29, Joel Burton joel@joelburton.com wrote:

Several tutorials say that, on OSX, a “Windows” menu will appear with default choices filled in (and there are earlier messages on this board from 2009 asking about how to hide this menu from automatically appearing).

However, for me, on OSX Lion / wxPython Cocoa, this menu doesn’t appear at all–even when I use a sample application, like the MacApp.py found at http://wiki.wxpython.org/Optimizing%20for%20Mac%20OS%20X . Has this behavior intentionally changed? Is there any way to make it appear?

Thanks!

  • j.

It's the Cocoa build where the Window menu is not showing up. I don't know if that was intentional or not though, I may have missed some discussion about it.

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On 5/18/12 10:23 AM, Paul Wiseman wrote:

On 18 May 2012 00:29, Joel Burton <joel@joelburton.com > <mailto:joel@joelburton.com>> wrote:

    Several tutorials say that, on OSX, a "Windows" menu will appear
    with default choices filled in (and there are earlier messages on
    this board from 2009 asking about how to hide this menu from
    automatically appearing).

    However, for me, on OSX Lion / wxPython Cocoa, this menu doesn't
    appear at all--even when I use a sample application, like the
    MacApp.py found at
    Optimizing for Mac OS X - wxPyWiki . Has this
    behavior intentionally changed? Is there any way to make it appear?

    Thanks!

    - j.

I'm on Lion with wx carbon and I've always seen it. I don't know how
familiar you are with macs/OSX but the menu for applications appears
along the top of the screen on the main monitor.

Even with no menu set up I get a "Python" menu option in the menu with
Services, Hide Python, Hide Others, Show All and Quit

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

FYI: It’s the 2.9 builds where it doesn’t appear. I also don’t get it in the Carbon 2.9 buid, but with 2.8 (which appears to only have a Carbon build), it appears.

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On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:01:31 AM UTC-7, Robin Dunn wrote:

On 5/18/12 10:23 AM, Paul Wiseman wrote:

On 18 May 2012 00:29, Joel Burton <joel@joelburton.com > > > mailto:joel@joelburton.com> wrote:

Several tutorials say that, on OSX, a "Windows" menu will appear
with default choices filled in (and there are earlier messages on
this board from 2009 asking about how to hide this menu from
automatically appearing).
However, for me, on OSX Lion / wxPython Cocoa, this menu doesn't
appear at all--even when I use a sample application, like the
MacApp.py found at
[http://wiki.wxpython.org/Optimizing%20for%20Mac%20OS%20X](http://wiki.wxpython.org/Optimizing%20for%20Mac%20OS%20X) . Has this
behavior intentionally changed? Is there any way to make it appear?
Thanks!
- j.

I’m on Lion with wx carbon and I’ve always seen it. I don’t know how

familiar you are with macs/OSX but the menu for applications appears

along the top of the screen on the main monitor.

Even with no menu set up I get a “Python” menu option in the menu with

Services, Hide Python, Hide Others, Show All and Quit

It’s the Cocoa build where the Window menu is not showing up. I don’t
know if that was intentional or not though, I may have missed some
discussion about it.


Robin Dunn

Software Craftsman

http://wxPython.org