How to launch the drop down menu

**ashraf fawzy** · 2012-10-05, 01:30

Hi all,

Is it possible via code to launch / bring to foreground the drop down menu (On Nokia Belle)?

Many thanks in advance.

**symbianyucca** · 2012-10-05, 07:05

AFAIK there are no public APIs available for it.

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-10-10, 07:35

Is there a way to disable the drop down menu in Nokia Belle??
Or is it OS specific and can't be done?

**symbianyucca** · 2012-10-10, 08:32

if there is no API, I would also assume that you can not disable it.

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-10-10, 09:32

But in some apps and games i have observed that drop down box is disabled..
i thought some API is available..
Is there any other way around to solve this??

**wizard_hu_** · 2012-10-10, 09:50

Is your application running in full-screen mode?

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-10-10, 11:15

Yes.
App is running on full screen mode.

**symbianyucca** · 2012-10-10, 11:23

I would also assume that if you do not have status panel, user would not be able to get the drop-down thing appearing, so do you mean that it would still work when your application is not having status panel and it indeed takes the whole screen ?

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-10-11, 12:25

Sorry, The app has status bar in it..
So you mean to tell that if the app has status bar then drop down box can be disabled?
I only need the status bar at bottom to show the options in app and exit button for quitting..
How to remove the status bar on the top??

**symbianyucca** · 2012-10-11, 13:49

You could try this with your resource file:

RESOURCE EIK_APP_INFO
{
....
status_pane = r_status_pane_empty;
..
}

RESOURCE STATUS_PANE_APP_MODEL r_status_pane_empty
{
layout = R_AVKON_STATUS_PANE_LAYOUT_EMPTY;
}

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-10-30, 02:07

Thanks..
I will try and get back to you..

Got tied up with some other work.. sorry for the late response

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-11-02, 08:29

I have tried it.. but with no success..
Any other solution??

**symbianyucca** · 2012-11-02, 08:33

So can you explain what did you try exactly, and what was the behavior you would expect, and then what was the behavior you experienced instead happening ?

**Griffolyon-aka-Rick** · 2012-11-09, 09:12

I made changes as per your suggestion in the RSS file. Earlier i used it just to display my app name..
I expected pane to be not visible on app loading - hence do not get drop down screen..
but the pane was still visible and drop down menu was there still

**symbianyucca** · 2012-11-09, 09:49

basically the code should take the status panel away, and if it does not do so, then I'm out of ideas.

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