[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #3284: Change HIG for ellipsis to make sense
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:13:44 -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 humdinger):
WRT to corner cases of ellipsis: I guess we'll only see while doing it.
Theoretically it should be easy (famous last words...). After clicking a
menu item a window opens and you ask "Has been accomplished what the menu
item says?". If not, the menu item needs an ellipsis. E.g.:
"About" -> shows the about window. -> Mission accomplished -> no
"..."[[BR]]
"Page setup" -> shows the printer page setup window. -> Mission
accomplished -> no "..."[[BR]]
"Preferences" -> shows the preferences window. -> Mission accomplished ->
no "..."[[BR]]
"Print"-> shows the print setup window -> Didn't "print" yet -> "..."
needed[[BR]]
"Open"-> shows the file dialog -> Didn't "open" yet -> "..." needed[[BR]]
"Find"-> shows the find dialog -> Didn't "find" yet -> "..." needed[[BR]]
etc.[[BR]]
If we're agreed, I'd start the ellipis hunt...
WRT to settings, options, preferences: I'm OK with going with
"Preferences" everywhere. A shame only that there's still {{{
~/config/settings/ }}} ...
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/3284#comment:11>
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