Menu blinking

Menu blinking is user-interface affordance included in all versions of Mac OS. It is a visual effect which makes the selection rectangle blink on and off, indicating to the user which menu option was selected.

Only in Classic Mac OSes there have been preferences for Menu Blinking where you can control how many times the selection rectangle blinks. However,in Mac OS X there are no preference panes to control Menu Blinking and throughout Mac OS X the selection rectangle only blinks once on click.

Combo boxes and Drop down boxes(Mac OS X)

Menu Blinking is consistent in Combo Boxes but not in Drop down boxes; reasons for this are unknown.

Classic Mac OS

Versions	System 1 System 2, 3, and 4 System 5 System 6 System 7 Mac OS 8 Mac OS 9

Applications	Calculator Chooser Drive Setup DVD Player Finder Graphing Calculator Keychain Access PictureViewer PowerTalk QuickTime Player Network Browser Scrapbook Sherlock Software Update Stickies System Information SimpleText

Developer	HyperCard MacsBug Macintosh Programmer's Workshop ResEdit

Technology	Alias Apple menu At Ease Balloon help Bomb Error Command key (⌘) Control Panel Control Strip Creator code Extensions Hierarchical File System HFS Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Menu blinking MultiFinder Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime Resource fork Sosumi sound Startup Screen System folder System suitcase Type code WorldScript

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