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On the Macintosh, you can use special characters to define custom menus. These special characters
are case sensitive. For example, to make a menu item bold, the letter B must be uppercase.
Special symbols should follow the item name and precede the vertical bar symbol (|). You can also
use more than one special character to define a menu item. Using <B<U, for example, sets the
style to Bold and Underline.
Avoid special character formatting for cross-platform movies because not all Windows computers
support it.
Example
This example is the text of a field cast member named CustomMenu2 which can be used to
specify the content of a custom File menu. To install this menu, use “
installMenu
member("CustomMenu2")
” while the movie is running. The Convert menu item runs the custom
handler
convertThis.
menu: File
Open/O | go to frame "Open"
Close/W | go to frame "Close"
Convert/C | convertThis
(-
Quit/Q | go to frame "Quit"
See also
installMenu, name (menu property), name (menu item property), number (menu items),
checkMark, enabled, script
Symbol Example Description
@ menu: @ *On the Macintosh, creates the Apple symbol and enables Macintosh menu bar
items when you define an Apple menu.
* identifies formatting tags that work only on the Macintosh.
!Ã !ÃEasy Select *On the Macintosh, checks the menu with a check mark (Option+v).
<B Bold<B *On the Macintosh, sets the menu item’s style to Bold.
<I Italic<I *On the Macintosh, sets the style to Italic.
<U Underline<U *On the Macintosh, sets the style to Underline.
<O Outline<O *On the Macintosh, sets the style to Outline.
<S Shadow<S *On the Macintosh, sets the style to Shadow.
| Open/O | go to
frame "Open"
Associates a script with the menu item.
/ Quit/Q Defines a command-key equivalent.
( Save( Disables the menu item.
(- (-
Creates a disabled line in the menu.