Under Windows.OSes, you should use "..." every time this button or menu-item
opens a Dialog, except the item/button labeled "Properties".
Charles Manske schrieb:
> 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.
