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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Menu tear-off
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2002-07-22 10:30:14
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On Monday 22 July 2002 05:53, Johnny A wrote:
> GTK apps seem to have menu tear-off handles on every menu. Is it KDE policy
> to have them only when explicitly set by the application (why?) or has it
> just not been implemented yet?
>
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tear-off menus make little sense when there is a toolbar containing the same 
icons, other than being confusing.

Plus there is a technical issue: Some applications like to create menus on 
demand, rather than changing items when the application state changes. 

With a torn-off copy, such an application will not disable/enable menu items 
on state changes, which can lead to potential crashes if the user invokes a 
function that wasn't meant to be invoked in the current application state.

 Matthias
 
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