don't clear the status bar help text if the wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT event was processed by user code (see #10822)

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@60715 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

src/msw/frame.cpp

@@ -915,33 +915,25 @@ bool wxFrame::HandleCommand(WXWORD id, WXWORD cmd, WXHWND control)
 
 bool wxFrame::HandleMenuSelect(WXWORD nItem, WXWORD flags, WXHMENU hMenu)
 {
-    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;
 
     wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item);
     event.SetEventObject(this);
 
-    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
+    if ( HandleWindowEvent(event) )
+        return true;
+
+    // by default, i.e. if the event wasn't handled above, clear the status bar
+    // text when an item which can't have any associated help string in wx API
+    // is selected
+    if ( item == -1 )
+        DoGiveHelp(wxEmptyString, true);
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 bool wxFrame::HandleMenuLoop(const wxEventType& evtType, WXWORD isPopup)