Using "Load" to bring up a sub menu

[klownboy]

Klownboy - Can this script do identical right click on white space with menu names and sub-menus ? I want to place all the tool bar items within a right click on white with sub-menus.

Have you taken a look at my Vertical Toolbar script here (vTB)? This thread was asking questions concerning loading a sub menu to support that script. But as I said previously, it doesn't make sense to have to click to a second menu when you can click on one menu instead - one menu for each different file type.

[CookieMonster]

But as I said previously, it doesn't make sense to have to click to a second menu when you can click on one menu instead - one menu for each different file type.

I didn't mean that; what I meant is sub-menus for the context menu one can nest a specific set of CTB commands in a sub-menu if warranted; otherwise they can leave it in the regular context menu ?

[Stef123]

One possible approach: Create "menu-modules", such as the following "MonstrousCookie.xys"

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"Date-&Reminder" <xypath>\..\DateReminder\Reminder.exe
"&CookieScript" #1987;
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"Cookie&Jar" C:\Cookie\Jar
"Cookie&Song" C:\Musik\Cookie.mp3
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"Edit this &menu|:udc" open self(file);

Each caption contains an ampersand & - to assign a key shortcut to the following letter.
As you can see, there are calls to programs and scripts (1st group on top), folders and files (2nd group), and the bottom line opens the file MonstrousCookie.xys itself for editing.

To pop up the menu from above:

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"Submenu MonstrousCookie" ::load "<xyscripts>\MonstrousCookie.xys";

To pop up the built-in menu "Tools":

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"XY&Tools" popupmainmenu "Tools";

[SkyFrontier]

Alternate method (no xys file req): http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10362
BTW, I'm currently trying new approaches to get back to the originating menu. Help is appreciated.

[CookieMonster]

One possible approach: Create "menu-modules", such as the following "MonstrousCookie.xys"

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"Date-&Reminder" <xypath>\..\DateReminder\Reminder.exe
"&CookieScript" #1987;
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"Cookie&Jar" C:\Cookie\Jar
"Cookie&Song" C:\Musik\Cookie.mp3
-
"Edit this &menu|:udc" open self(file);

Each caption contains an ampersand & - to assign a key shortcut to the following letter.
As you can see, there are calls to programs and scripts (1st group on top), folders and files (2nd group), and the bottom line opens the file MonstrousCookie.xys itself for editing.

To pop up the menu from above:

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"Submenu MonstrousCookie" ::load "<xyscripts>\MonstrousCookie.xys";

To pop up the built-in menu "Tools":

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"XY&Tools" popupmainmenu "Tools";

Being able to see the keyboard short-cut for the item in the context menu is excellent, the rest I don't know what you mean ? I meant migrate the WhiteSpaceRightClick context menu with sub-menus and submenu item names ?

[Stef123]

@SkyFrontier
thanks for the link. Your approach - and also what Ken (klownboy) came up with in terms of submenus - is a whole lot smarter and probably also faster. On slow USB-sticks and old USB hubs I noticed time lags when using my xys-submenus. I have not given this enough attention, but I realize that yours and Ken's approach with perm variables and all that is bound to be more effective and better-performing than my plain xys-calls that have to fetch xyx-files from slow USB-sticks.

... the rest I don't know what you mean ? I meant migrate the WhiteSpaceRightClick context menu with sub-menus and submenu item names ?

Why is that? After all the time you invested to get it to work, you now want to ditch the WhiteSpaceRightClick?

In your response to Ken (3 postings above) you said "...what I meant is sub-menus for the context menu one can nest a specific set of CTB commands in a sub-menu". Your very own words. That's what my menu does, it nests your specific set of CTB-commands - no matter what the may be, a script, command, location, exe-call, open-with, anything. Not as good as Ken's approach with Heredoc and all the bells and whistles, but very quick and easy to set up (easy being my main reason for using it myself, no quotes, no if-while-for constructs)

[CookieMonster]

I don't see sub-menus in Kens screen shot, along with menu titles ?

[klownboy]

Maybe I still don't get what you want, but you can do things like what I have posted here - Menus and subs. I'm not sure I'd want this built-in to the WhiteSpaceCtxMenu script. Though I could easily refer to it as a default menu that displays if nothing is selected. Before I came up with WhiteSpaceCtxMenu, I had it as the menu used for the right click on white space. Actually, I still do for right click in the tree. I don't think I'd want to write it into the WhiteSpaceCtxMenu, but only load it from that menu. I've been using something similar but expanded for a long time and have it set up as both a CTB and as a User Command as well.

[CookieMonster]

Maybe I still don't get what you want, but you can do things like what I have posted here - Menus and subs. I'm not sure I'd want this built-in to the WhiteSpaceCtxMenu script. Though I could easily refer to it as a default menu that displays if nothing is selected. Before I came up with WhiteSpaceCtxMenu, I had it as the menu used for the right click on white space. Actually, I still do for right click in the tree. I don't think I'd want to write it into the WhiteSpaceCtxMenu, but only load it from that menu. I've been using something similar but expanded for a long time and have it set up as both a CTB and as a User Command as well.

This http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p93665 menu is exactly what I mean, except add menu titles & keyboard short-cuts to the items if warranted, otherwise leave empty. This menu would work when no item is selected, hence WhiteSpaceContextMenu and it would have all the CTB integrated, or what you want integrated

[CookieMonster]

The script is halfway there

[SkyFrontier]

Cookie - I was reluctant in posting here but you may have missed it... have you seen this Method - XYscriptsGrouping thread?
Your discussion was the reason 2 why I made it.
Finishing some urgent stuff here I'll try to do the mark-separated feature for it. (Assuming it's not that hard...)

[CookieMonster]

I never saw that thread. It has to tie in with similarity to WhiteContextRightClick !

[SkyFrontier]

By design it's meant to easily interface with anything XY-standard... Do some experimenting, tell me your discoveries and we'll see what comes. Current incarnation automatically (=blindly) distribute the scripts equally among groups, except for the last one (that holds remainders).
Now I'm working with a more user-controlled distribution - which may be key for your project.
Let's see.

[SkyFrontier]

I never saw that thread. It has to tie in with similarity to WhiteContextRightClick !

Done.
v2 - user defined grouping/captions (split on predefined markers instead of dumb auto-groups.)

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                                 *** How to Attribute Groups ***
-set a simple caption, no script attached to it, immediately _below_ the group of scripts
 it will hold. This caption will name the respective group on the main menu.
-logically, the last group will need a caption - it'll be the last entry at the "$a" variable.
--if the last caption missing, the last entry on the main menu will still work, ie: will have
--an accelerator, have an empty name field plus respective items count.

Direct download: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/download/file.php?id=7570

As said, let me know in the case of any special customization - and eventual bugs.

[CookieMonster]

I placed the script in the scripts folder for XY, how do I initiate / use ?