On 2013-05-13, at 02:48, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 09:38:28AM -0400, Bob Arning wrote:
>> Maybe, but what's happening here is in MenuItemMorph:
>> 
>> mouseDown: evt
>>    "Handle a mouse down event. Menu items get activated when the mouse 
>> is over them."
>> 
>>    evt shiftPressed ifTrue: [ ^super mouseDown: evt ].  "enable label 
>> editing"
>>    evt hand newMouseFocus: owner. "Redirect to menu for valid transitions"
>>    owner selectItem: self event: evt
>> 
>> I see this code as far back as squeak 3.2 with a 10/10/2000 date and 
>> Andreas's initials. If you comment out the first line, you get the 
>> behavior David was looking for. It would be interesting to know who 
>> might be using this feature.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Bob
> 
> Aha! I suspect that no one is using that feature at all.

I use it: shift-click followed by CMD-E is the quickest way to look at the implementation behind a menu item. OTOH, a morphic halo menu entry might be more appropriate for that function.

- Bert -