To me the ... represents "There is something following this that you need to take action on..."
Anything that just "does it" doesn't need the ellipsis. Which is what wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis#In_computer_interfaces > Looking at the File menu of Padre I see > Open... > Save As... > Open Session... > Save Session... > Print... > > and the others don't have ... (three dots). > > Is there a rule when we should add them and when not? > > If I am not mistaken there are 4 typs of menu items: > > 1) Immediate actions - the menu will do something real > 2) Delayed actions - the menu will open a dialog or otherwise ask for > permission > 3) A mix of 1) and 2) (e.g. Open Selections sometimes behaves like 1) > sometimes like 2) > 4) Opening submenues > > For 4 probably we don't need ... as there is another indication (an > arrow on Windows). > I don't remember now, is there something on Linux? > > I think 1) does not need ... > 2) needs ... > > 3) I have no idea. > > What do you think? > > regards > Gabor > while trying to prepare his FOSDEM Padre talk... > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
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