[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #3284: Change HIG for ellipsis to make sense
- From: "axeld" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:12:12 -0000
#3284: Change HIG for ellipsis to make sense
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Reporter: tsg1zzn | Owner: stippi
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: User Interface | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by axeld):
Just as a counter example, the Amiga User Interface Style Guide states
that (chapter 6)
''"When a menu item brings up a window or requester, an
ellipsis (three dots) should be appended to the menu
item's label."''
That being said, I don't particularly care either way, as long as we make
it consistent. That's also the only problem with the suggested way: while
it does make sense, it probably also introduces a few corner cases where
it's not clear what to do. To bring up one simple example: an about dialog
is not a "show graph window", and even requires user input to close it --
it's still '''usually''' considered to not need the ellipsis.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/3284#comment:9>
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