- wxString help = show ? text : wxString();
- statbar->SetStatusText( help, m_statusBarPane );
+ // remember the old status bar text if this is the first time we're
+ // called since the menu has been opened as we're going to overwrite it
+ // in our DoGiveHelp() and we want to restore it when the menu is
+ // closed
+ //
+ // note that it would be logical to do this in OnMenuOpen() but under
+ // MSW we get an EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT before EVT_MENU_OPEN, strangely
+ // enough, and so this doesn't work and instead we use the ugly trick
+ // with using special m_oldStatusText value as "menu opened" (but it is
+ // arguably better than adding yet another member variable to wxFrame
+ // on all platforms)
+ if ( m_oldStatusText.empty() )
+ {
+ m_oldStatusText = statbar->GetStatusText(m_statusBarPane);
+ if ( m_oldStatusText.empty() )
+ {
+ // use special value to prevent us from doing this the next time
+ m_oldStatusText += _T('\0');
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ else // hide the status bar text
+ {
+ // i.e. restore the old one
+ help = m_oldStatusText;
+ }
+
+ statbar->SetStatusText(help, m_statusBarPane);
+#else
+ wxUnusedVar(text);
+ wxUnusedVar(show);