Should we use "..." at the end of menu text items that put you in a
Properties dialog? In Composer, we have 3 items in the Format menu:
1. The dynamic Properties item (changes to Horizontal Line, Image, etc
depending on what object is selected.
2. "Page Colors and Background..."
3. "Page Title and Properties..."
4. "List Properties" in the "List" submenu. (Note that this currently
doesn't have "...", which is wrong. All 'property' items should be
consistent.)
Sources I've read still seem to suggest using "..." when user will "take
more action", primarily by interacting with a dialog box. But there's
lots of programs that don't seem to use "..." for 'Properties' menu
items. I think the argument for that is this: if a dialog is needed so
the user supplies extra needed information before executing the action
of the menu item, then use "..." E.g., for "Print...", the user needs to
select the printer from a dialog.
But for the case of Property dialogs, the menu action itself *is* the
setting of properties or attributes in the dialog, so the "..." isn't
necessary.
If anyone has any GUI references that address this issue, I'd like to
hear about it.
