Dismissing a Dropdown Clears Selection

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   Clicking outside a menu dropped from the ribbon clears the selection from my application.  I see the same behavior in the Ribbon sample, but not in Microsoft Word.

Here's how to see what I mean.  Run the ribbon sample and select some text (e.g. "I'm using your Report Control...").  Now, select the arrow beside the font size control in the ribbon.  Move the mouse down beside the dropdown to, say, somewhere around where it says "Customer Feedback" and click.  The drop menu is dismissed (good), but the selected text becomes unselected (bad).

Repeat this workflow with any document in MS Word.  Everything is the same except that the selected text stays selected.  My guess is that Codejock is not eating the click event after processing it, but instead is passing it along to the app, which interprets it as a clear-selection request.  Is there any way to mimic the Word behavior by making CJ eat the click?

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mrmathis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 105	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrmathis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Dismissing a Dropdown Clears Selection Posted: 24 November 2008 at 3:53pm
	Clicking outside a menu dropped from the ribbon clears the selection from my application. I see the same behavior in the Ribbon sample, but not in Microsoft Word. Here's how to see what I mean. Run the ribbon sample and select some text (e.g. "I'm using your Report Control..."). Now, select the arrow beside the font size control in the ribbon. Move the mouse down beside the dropdown to, say, somewhere around where it says "Customer Feedback" and click. The drop menu is dismissed (good), but the selected text becomes unselected (bad). Repeat this workflow with any document in MS Word. Everything is the same except that the selected text stays selected. My guess is that Codejock is not eating the click event after processing it, but instead is passing it along to the app, which interprets it as a clear-selection request. Is there any way to mimic the Word behavior by making CJ eat the click?
	--Mike