On 21 Feb 2009, at 08:59, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
Hi,
- while I am on it: I find the right click behaviour of GNUstep (show
the main menu under the mouse, like OPENSTEP) quite dated. Mac OS X /
Cocoa has a context based menu on right click nowadays (like every
other platform). Maybe we can make that configurable too (to cater
both OPENSTEP heads who like the old behaviour and everybody else who
expects a context menu): how about a default named
GSSecondaryClickBehaviour?
I'd also prefer context sensitive menus on right click than the
whole bunch of
main menu. That would make understanding an application from an "not
so
experienced" user quite more easy. Especially true for more complex
apps like
e.g. Gorm, where therer is a plethora of menu entries, but only some
apply to
the point where I right clicked.
GNUstep has always had context menus... they were available in NeXTstep.
That being said, they are used so infrequently that they may be buggy
for all I know.
The thing about context menus is that they are controlled by the
application (of course), so they only exist if application programmers
want them to.
I think context menus are rarely useful, and it's generally better to
try and deign a good on-screen interface rather than depend on pop-up
menus and tool tips (though both have their place occasionally).
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