How do I create flyout menus on a form in Microsoft Access?

[WesT]

In a form I am looking to create a flyout menu or some other form of sub
menu. I want to have a few options on a side bar menu and when you hover
over them or click them some sub options appear. Thanks in advance.

 

[Aaron Kempf]

it's called a combo box right?

 

[WesT]

I might be using the combo box wrong but It can do the type of menu im
looking for.

I want a menu that flysout when you hover over with the mouse or click on

example: Only forms reports and help will show on the form but when you
hover over form, main, addnew and delete appear

Forms->Main
Add New
Delete
Reports->workcenter
customer
Help

 

[Aaron Kempf]

I'd put it in a treeview control

I've just never liked that kinda crap in webpages; I mean-- all it does is
SLOW DOWN data entry.. right?

 

[Damon Heron]

First design your toolbar under the customize menu item. Then read Help on
Showtoolbar action and method.


HTH
Damon

 

[Marshall Barton]

In a form I am looking to create a flyout menu or some other form of sub
menu. I want to have a few options on a side bar menu and when you hover
over them or click them some sub options appear.

It sounds like you want to create a custom shortcut menu for
the form. If so, use the toolbar Customize option and
specif the menu name in the form's ShortcutMenuBad property.

 

[WesT]

It will be a sidbar menu in a form itself, like the side menu on this
website. But it will open some various forms and queries.

ie.
workcenter->workcenterA
workcenterB
workcenterC
Misc Forms->Add new item to inventory
delete item from inventory
list inventory
shop rosters->shopA
shopB
shopC

 

[Marshall Barton]

Menu/Tool bars can not be placed inside of a form. Maybe
you can simulate what you want with standard controls.

 

[WesT]

I know you can not put menu/toolbars inside a form, I am not trying to do
that. you can create a menu on a form by creating a subform on your main
form that contains text that is linked to various other forms. I would like
to creat a flyout feature on that text that shows more text links that can be
clicked on.

Menu/Tool bars can not be placed inside of a form. Maybe
you can simulate what you want with standard controls.
--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

It will be a sidbar menu in a form itself, like the side menu on this
website. But it will open some various forms and queries.

ie.
workcenter->workcenterA
workcenterB
workcenterC
Misc Forms->Add new item to inventory
delete item from inventory
list inventory
shop rosters->shopA
shopB
shopC

 

[Rick Brandt]

I know you can not put menu/toolbars inside a form, I am not trying to do
that. you can create a menu on a form by creating a subform on your main
form that contains text that is linked to various other forms. I would like
to creat a flyout feature on that text that shows more text links that can be
clicked on.

You can create shortcut menus that contain submenus and then display them upon
clicking a button or label on your form. Since they are normally used as
right-click menus shortcut menus will appear at the current mouse position. The
effect then is nearly the same as having a menu bar embedded in your form. The
user clicks on a label and the menu appears at that location.

 

[Marshall Barton]

Maybe we're not using the same terminology, but I do not see
how a customized right click popup Sortcut Menu Bar is any
different from your "fly out" menu.

 

[Aaron Kempf]

you should just use simple comboboxes

the Access ComboBox is the only reason I still use MS Access

FOR REAL

I know you can not put menu/toolbars inside a form, I am not trying to do
that. you can create a menu on a form by creating a subform on your main
form that contains text that is linked to various other forms. I would like
to creat a flyout feature on that text that shows more text links that can be
clicked on.

Menu/Tool bars can not be placed inside of a form. Maybe
you can simulate what you want with standard controls.
--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

It will be a sidbar menu in a form itself, like the side menu on this
website. But it will open some various forms and queries.

ie.
workcenter->workcenterA
workcenterB
workcenterC
Misc Forms->Add new item to inventory
delete item from inventory
list inventory
shop rosters->shopA
shopB
shopC

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WesT wrote:

In a form I am looking to create a flyout menu or some other form of sub
menu. I want to have a few options on a side bar menu and when you hover
over them or click them some sub options appear.


It sounds like you want to create a custom shortcut menu for
the form. If so, use the toolbar Customize option and
specif the menu name in the form's ShortcutMenuBad property.