[Bf-committers] Issues with drop-down menus.

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

What is a menu-tab? I read your mail 4 times, but cant get the clue.

-Ton-


On Monday, Oct 20, 2003, at 18:01 Europe/Amsterdam, Nathan Vegdahl  
wrote:

>    A little something that I think needs to be changed in the  
> interface:
> menu-tabs should *always* be on the left side of the menu-buttons.
>
>    My reasoning for this is as follows (follow the points in order):
>
>       1. Menu-options are all left-aligned with
>          the parent menu-button.
>
>       2. Menu-options that are shorter than their
>          parent menu-button have empty space on
>          the right.
>
>       3. If the first menu-option is shorter than
>          the menu-button, and if the user clicks
>          and drags down from the right side of the
>          menu-button, then the cursor falls over
>          empty space and the menu disappears.
>
>       4. The user almost invariably clicks on the
>          tab of the menu-button, and not the text.
>
>       5. Thus, by putting the tab on the right side
>          of the menu-button, you're setting up
>          the user to have the menu disappear when
>          they drag the mouse down.
>
>    Therefore, I think it should be a rule that menu's always have  
> their tabs on
> the left side of the menu-button, never on the right.
>
> EXAMPLE:  I noticed this problem when creating "themes".  The menu  
> nearest the
> bottom of the screen in the themes window has its tab on the right,  
> and it has
> menu-options that are shorter than the menu-button.
>
>    I'm not sure if this problem exists elsewhere in the GUI or not,  
> but even if
> it doesn't I think that sticking to the "menu-tabs stay on the left"  
> rule would
> be a good idea for the sake of consistency and to prevent problems in  
> the
> future.
>
>    Any thoughts?
>
>    (P.S. Sorry for being so long-winded.)
>
> --Nathan "Cessen" Vegdahl
>
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