Comments on: Worthless Menus http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20238 Jim Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20238 <p>I get Cut, Copy, Paste, etc. Running WinXP. me too</p> I get Cut, Copy, Paste, etc. Running WinXP. me too

]]> By: True http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20237 True Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20237 <p>The Right Edge doesn't seem to work properly, at least in Excel 97/WinXP. You would think the scroll handle thingy would shift all the way to the right, taking you to the right hand side of the current region, but I tried it in a file with a lot of columns and nothing happened. If you use it in a listview like Explorer it seems to work properly. </p> <p>I also tested this in Word 97 but no popupmenu appeared at all over the scrollbars.</p> The Right Edge doesn’t seem to work properly, at least in Excel 97/WinXP. You would think the scroll handle thingy would shift all the way to the right, taking you to the right hand side of the current region, but I tried it in a file with a lot of columns and nothing happened. If you use it in a listview like Explorer it seems to work properly.

I also tested this in Word 97 but no popupmenu appeared at all over the scrollbars.

]]> By: a germain http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20236 a germain Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20236 <p>Maybe it's an accessibility thing -- some people have trouble clicking on the left and right arrows, and a big fat scrollbar makes for a much easier target. Admittedly, that's a wild guess on my part...</p> Maybe it’s an accessibility thing — some people have trouble clicking on the left and right arrows, and a big fat scrollbar makes for a much easier target. Admittedly, that’s a wild guess on my part…

]]> By: doco http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20234 doco Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20234 <br> <br> <p>I get Cut, Copy, Paste, etc. Running WinXP.</p> I get Cut, Copy, Paste, etc. Running WinXP.

]]> By: fzz http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20228 fzz Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20228 <p>Jim,</p> <p>I'd guess most Windows software uses MFC scroll bars, but there seem to be exceptions. What happens on your machine when you do this in WordPad?</p> Jim,

I’d guess most Windows software uses MFC scroll bars, but there seem to be exceptions. What happens on your machine when you do this in WordPad?

]]> By: Jim http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20227 Jim Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20227 <p>fzz<br> I had some anti virus programs running and when I clicked on their scroll bars I got the menu</p> fzz
I had some anti virus programs running and when I clicked on their scroll bars I got the menu

]]> By: fzz http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20226 fzz Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20226 <p>Jim,</p> <p>Right clicking the scroll bars in Firefox, Lotus 1-2-3, and OpenOffice (to name a few) doesn't display any menu, and right clicking on the scrollbars in WordPad displays the same menu as right clicking anywhere else in WordPad. It may be a MFC thing rather than a Windows XP thing.</p> Jim,

Right clicking the scroll bars in Firefox, Lotus 1-2-3, and OpenOffice (to name a few) doesn’t display any menu, and right clicking on the scrollbars in WordPad displays the same menu as right clicking anywhere else in WordPad. It may be a MFC thing rather than a Windows XP thing.

]]> By: Kruncher http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20211 Kruncher Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20211 <p>That explains why I thought it went back to 97 - I've 97 installed on an XP machine at home.</p> That explains why I thought it went back to 97 – I’ve 97 installed on an XP machine at home.

]]> By: Jim http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20210 Jim Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20210 <p>I found that this right click menu is advailable in all windows based programs with scroll bars.<br> I think it must be a XP thingie</p> I found that this right click menu is advailable in all windows based programs with scroll bars.
I think it must be a XP thingie

]]> By: Bruce Ferman http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/17/worthless-menus/#comment-20208 Bruce Ferman Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1447#comment-20208 <p>I suspect that the Right Edge and the Left Edge options are for scrolling all the way to the right or left.</p> I suspect that the Right Edge and the Left Edge options are for scrolling all the way to the right or left.

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