Using Menus in Haxial Programs


For example, you have a window in a Haxial program which looks something like this:

window

See that striped button that appears in the title bar of some windows? button It might look a bit different if you are using a different color scheme. That button is called the Window Menu button. Click on it, and the Window Menu appears. It looks something like this example:

window menu

The Window Menu generally contains commands that relate to the window as a whole, rather than an individual item in the window (where a Context Menu would be appropriate), or commands that do not fit well in a Context Menu.

A Context Menu is a menu that appears when you click on an item using the second or alternate mouse button. If you do not have a second mouse button (such as on a Mac), then instead you can hold down the control key while clicking. So you second-click or control-click on an item, and a Context Menu appears, which looks something like this example:

context menu

The commands in a Context Menu may specifically affect only the item that you clicked (for example, a "Delete" or "Edit" command), or they may affect the area/list more generally (for example, a "New" command).

So the basic idea is if you are wondering how to do something, try looking for a command in a Window Menu, or try second-clicking on things to find Context Menus.

Advanced Tip: The easiest way to use a menu is to click to show the menu, and then click again on the command that you want (ie 2 clicks). Alternatively, you may or may not prefer to do it all in 1 click. To do this, click to show the menu but keep the mouse button held down, then drag the mouse onto the command you want, and then release the mouse button.