- int item;
- if ( flags == 0xFFFF && hMenu == 0 )
- {
- // menu was removed from screen
- item = -1;
- }
-#ifndef __WXMICROWIN__
- else if ( !(flags & MF_POPUP) && !(flags & MF_SEPARATOR) )
- {
- item = nItem;
- }
-#endif
- else
- {
- // don't give hints for separators (doesn't make sense) nor for the
- // items opening popup menus (they don't have them anyhow) but do clear
- // the status line - otherwise, we would be left with the help message
- // for the previous item which doesn't apply any more
- DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString, true);
-
- return false;
- }
+ // WM_MENUSELECT is generated for both normal items and menus, including
+ // the top level menus of the menu bar, which can't be represented using
+ // any valid identifier in wxMenuEvent so use -1 for them
+ // the menu highlight events for n
+ const int item = flags & (MF_POPUP | MF_SEPARATOR) ? -1 : nItem;