Dear Monks,
I have a perl tk menubar that I want to be disabled until a certain variable
is switched from off to on.(in this case $consensus_created) I know how to grey out my menu option, but have no
idea how to re-enable it. I tried using an "if" command within the menu but (unsurprisingly) it wasn't happy.

See below for my attempt at doing this:

sub option_menuitems {
# create the menu items for the Options menu.
#############################################    
    [
      [qw/command/, 'Create Consensus', qw/-accelerator Ctrl-c -comman
+d/=> \&create_consensus],
      '',
      [qw/command/, 'View Text 1', qw/-accelerator Ctrl-i if ($consens
+us_created==0){-state disabled} -command/=> \&view_text1],
      [qw/command/, 'View Text 2', qw/-accelerator Ctrl-r -command/=> 
+\&view_text2],
    ];
}  # end of option_menuitems

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I need these menus to activate in order. Ie. the user MUST create a consensus
before they can operate the View Text 1 command, and they must view text 1 before
they can view text_2.

Sounds simple, has me confused. Any ideas ?
Thanks,
basm101

In reply to Perl Tk Menus:Disabling and Re-enabling by Anonymous Monk

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