terrypin Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 In ME 3 you could change a floating menu to a pop-up or vice versa, under Macro Properties > General. Is that no longer possible in ME Pro? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 You are correct. This is no longer possible. You can however, make a copy of the macro and set it to popup. To do so, make a copy of the floating menu macro and then check the option to build as a popup menu when selecting the new activation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 You are correct. This is no longer possible. You can however, make a copy of the macro and set it to popup. To do so, make a copy of the floating menu macro and then check the option to build as a popup menu when selecting the new activation. OK, thanks Jason. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 You are correct. This is no longer possible. You can however, make a copy of the macro and set it to popup. To do so, make a copy of the floating menu macro and then check the option to build as a popup menu when selecting the new activation. I can't get that to work. If I select one of my floating menus in ME Pro Explorer, the Copy Macro operation is greyed out. What am I doing wrong please? The alternative is to have to maintain two sets of menus, Pop-Up and Floating. which is obviously a non-starter! -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecasper Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I can't get that to work. If I select one of my floating menus in ME Pro Explorer, the Copy Macro operation is greyed out. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK I tested this. Same results. Additionally, and maybe I misunderstood the instructions, even when creating a new floating macro, the Pop-up option is grayed-out. This is possibly what Terry was talking about originally, but if so, then I completely don't understand what Jason's instructions were. I have personally never used pop-up or floating macros, though I do intend to use them in the future (particularly with people who have a distaste for or difficulty learning/remembering hotkeys and shortkeys). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I tested this. Same results. Additionally, and maybe I misunderstood the instructions, even when creating a new floating macro, the Pop-up option is grayed-out. This is possibly what Terry was talking about originally, but if so, then I completely don't understand what Jason's instructions were. I have personally never used pop-up or floating macros, though I do intend to use them in the future (particularly with people who have a distaste for or difficulty learning/remembering hotkeys and shortkeys). Thanks Steve. It's a significant issue for me. I use both pop-up and floating macros, covering same applications. For example, I have a Firefox Menu. Sometimes it's convenient to just pop it up, other times I want it to remain floating. In ME 3 I could just create and populate one type and then dupliacte it convert it to the other. And I could repeat that whenever there were additions or deletions, to ensure both contained the same set of macros. In ME Pro, that valuable two-way conversion facility has been lost. I thought Jason was suggesting a work-around, but it appears it doesn't cut the mustard. Still haven't heard any explanation from ISS about this loss of functionality in the 'Pro' version. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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