+ // Don't update children of the hidden windows: this is useless as any
+ // change to their state won't be seen by the user anyhow. Notice that this
+ // argument doesn't apply to the hidden windows (with visible parent)
+ // themselves as they could be shown by their EVT_UPDATE_UI handler.
+ if ( win->GetParent() && !win->GetParent()->IsShownOnScreen() )
+ return false;
+