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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: KDE UI Style Guide, File menu
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date:       1999-11-26 10:02:18
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On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, zander@microweb.nl wrote:
> > Hiya,
> > 
> > Based on the reactions to the previous version I have updated the
> > recommendations for the File menu.
> > 
> > You can read about it at
> > 
> > http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/menus/file.html
> > 
> 
> On the page you say:
> 
> If the application supports templates a sub-menu may be present from 
> which a template can be choosen. In that case the menu item does not 
> have a shortcut key combination assigned but a little arrow indicating 
> that a submenu will be presented when selected. 
> 
> 
> Could we add a recomadation to add the keyboard shortcut to the most-used type
> of document? Think about the netscape "new" menu where a new navigator window
> has a shortcut which equals the proposed "new" for a new document.

Something like:

"If you provide a sub-menu you may assign the shortcut key combination
(Ctrl+N) to a default template. This template should be the top-most
item in the submenu." 

Cheers,
Waldo

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