diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_menus.js b/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
index be925f0f41f55dafcff2c295e63b1f2a17084d0e..7f6b48ab5b4fe13516bd17905665db07223f1b0c 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_menus.js
@@ -279,10 +279,12 @@ function create_menu(gui, type) {
             tooltip: l("menu.finderror_tt")
         }));
         edit_menu.append(new gui.MenuItem({ type: "separator" }));
-        edit_menu.append(m.edit.autotips = new gui.MenuItem({
+        m.edit.autotips = new gui.MenuItem({
             label: l("menu.autotips"),
             tooltip: l("menu.autotips_tt")
-        }));
+        });
+        // commented out because it doesn't work yet -ag
+        //edit_menu.append(m.edit.autotips);
         edit_menu.append(m.edit.editmode = new gui.MenuItem({
             type: "checkbox",
             label: l("menu.editmode"),