Richard, not sure if this is part of this bug or needs another--

Triode's applets (SetupNetTest, SetupAppletInstaller, and InfoBrowser) all attempt to add/remove themselves from the home menu using notify_playerCurrent methods. I've found that unless I've added the menu item already in the registerApplet method, the notification method is never called when a playerCurrent notification is sent out...

for example, if I do this, this meta file's notify_playerCurrent is never called:

function registerApplet(meta)
        jnt:subscribe(meta)

        meta.menu = meta:menuItem('appletInfoBrowser', 'extras', meta:string('INFOBROWSER'), function(applet, ...) applet:menu(...) end, 10)

end

function notify_playerCurrent(meta, player)
        if player == nil then
                jiveMain:removeItem(meta.menu)
        else
                jiveMain:addItem(meta.menu)
        end
end

but if I do this, the notification method gets called:

function registerApplet(meta)
        jnt:subscribe(meta)

        -- add the item to 'hidden' or playerCurrent notification below will never be called
        meta.menu = meta:menuItem('appletInfoBrowser', 'hidden', meta:string('INFOBROWSER'), function(applet, ...) applet:menu(...) end, 10)
        jiveMain:addItem(meta.menu)

end

function notify_playerCurrent(meta, player)
        if player == nil then
                jiveMain:removeItemFromNode(meta.menu, 'extras')
        else
                jiveMain:setCustomNode('appletInfoBrowser', 'extras')
        end
end


Is this behavior as designed? If not, any idea why it would behave this way?

punting to 7.3

Richard is no longer available to us.

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