Hello Lazarus-List, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 8:35:01 AM, you wrote:
GG> That's not the case in Mozilla Thunderbird. Only modal dialogs have the GG> ellipsis in the menu item. Examples: GG> * 'Tools > Preferences' does not. GG> * 'File > New > Message' does not. GG> * 'File > Print' does because it is modal. GG> etc... GG> At least this is the case under Linux. The "..." is added when the menu entry is an action verb and this action requires further configuration/data. Examples: Open: If the option just only open the file selector no "...", but if it opens a configuration window to select which open it should have it. Print: If it prints directly no dots, but if configuration is opened then "..." Select All: If selects all text no "...", but if a dialog is opened to define what to select the elipsis must be added. Configure: The verb itself indicates a new dialog, so it will never present an "..." Ellipsis indicates that a verb need more configuration to finish its action. 98% times the opened dialog is a modal dialog. -- Best regards, José -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
