On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 6:29 AM, José Mejuto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
Thanks a lot for all answers. Sorry for the noise, I stand corrected :-) Best regards, Flávio -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
