Menu in CCoeControl derived view

[Juggle4Evr1]

Hi,

I have a menu in my view which is derived from CCoeControl. Pressing the left softkey the menu appears and works. My problem is that when the menu is not active, there is no indication on the screen that there is a menu at all. How can the user know that he may press the softkey to choose from a menu?

Is it possible to display a menubar in a CCoeControl derived view that is displayed even before a key is pressed?

Regards,
Juergen

[symbianyucca]

Hi

What do you mean that there is no indication that there is menu ?
Do you mean that your softkey buttons are not showing the text, ie. options or what ever you have specified.

in case your buttons are not showing the text then you might wanna check your AppUi class and make sure it's derived from CAknAppUi instead from CAknViewAppUi.

yucca

[Denever]

Please also check that your resource file contain the softkeys:

RESOURCE EIK_APP_INFO
{
...
cba=R_AVKON_SOFTKEYS_OPTIONS_BACK;
}

Best Regards,
(V) - Forum Nokia

[Juggle4Evr1]

Hi,

I have copied the Graphics application from the Series 60 examples and removed some unneeded stuff.

I have a cba=R_AVKON_SOFTKEYS_OPTIONS_EXIT; in the resource file.

When I start the application the screen is completely blank, but when I press the left soft key the menubar with "Options" and "Exit" appears.

The Draw() method in my View just blanks the screen.
Shouldn't the menubar be there all the time?

My application is derived from CAknAppUi.


Sorry for these beginner's questions...

[sopta007]

I would say that it is there all the time. You just cannot see it...:-)
You probably draw across whole screen and not just across client area...
So check if you are using ApplicationRect() or ClientRect() or some other Rect when constructing your AppView.

[Juggle4Evr1]

Great!!! It works now. Now I use ClientRect() instead of ApplicationRect().

It's not easy for a beginner....

Thanks a lot,
Juergen