--- a/UIPainterView.st	Sat Oct 26 17:46:13 2002 +0200
+++ b/UIPainterView.st	Sat Oct 26 17:53:32 2002 +0200
@@ -1520,13 +1520,14 @@
 showMiddleButtonMenu
     "show the middle button menu; this returns nil
     "
+
+    |m|
+
     self enabled ifTrue:[
-        (MenuPanel fromSpec:(UIPainter menuEdit) receiver:self superView application) startUp
+        m := MenuPanel fromSpec:(UIPainter menuEdit) receiver:self superView application.
+        self startUpMenu:m
     ].
   ^ nil
-
-
-
 ! !
 
 !UIPainterView methodsFor:'private handles'!