On 20 Feb, Jan-Jaap van der Geer wrote in message <0c364cb84e.Jan-Jaap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > If you change the desktop font size to anything smaller than 12pt > > (I've set mine to 7pt), then click MENU over a file in a directory > > window, the resulting Filer menu is positioned too far to the left, > > which sometimes results in the Display or File '' sub-menu opening > > automatically. > > > I suspect something is trying to calculate the centre position for the > > menu but failing when smaller font sizes are in use. > > The Style Guide says (page 95): > > "You must open a menu 64 OS units to the left of the pointer's position > when Menu was pressed." > > It seems to be a lot more than that. About 3 times I think, but it could > be dependent on the width of the menu, I do not know. From observation, it seems to be a fixed offset. [Sudden flash of inspiration] ... Using WimpInfo to check, it's 'always' (for a sample size of four on different length filenames) 192 OS units, or -- as Jan-Jaap said -- 3 times the correct offset. Oops. -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/ --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support