Initial focus on a form field is lost due to the SC menus non-standard behavior

Scriptcase 8 Discussion
#1

I already complained about SC Menus non standard behavior:
the dropdown area is not closed automatically when a user click on a menu item.
It’s closed only on mouse-out of the area.

Here’s a ‘nasty’ side effect, when a menu item opens a form with focus set on a defined field at startup.

  • USER click on a menu item and [B]DON'T move[/B] the mouse (the dropdown area stays open) [LIST]
  • form is loaded
  • focus is set on the defined field (as per the form settings)
  • USER move the mouse away from the menu dropdown area
    • menu dropdown area is closed
    • [B]field immediately looses the focus![/B]
  • USER has to click on the field that has lost focus [/LIST] If instead the user click on the menu item and immediately move the cursor away, the focus is not lost. (because by moving away quickly, the dropdown area is closed before the form is loaded)

    If NetMake would ‘fix’ SC menus and have the dropdown area close automatically on click, this issue should go away.
    This “autoclose on click” behavior is the standard of all menus on all programs and on all OSs since the dawn of humanity :slight_smile: