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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE's menu implementation.
From:       "Gordon Tyler" <gordon () doxxx ! net>
Date:       2002-05-29 16:18:54
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The other alternative is to not allow selecting of disabled menu items at
all. Keyboard navigation would skip over disabled items and mouse-hover
wouldn't highlight them.

I know of at least one UI design that uses this: Java Swing

Ciao,
Gordon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo@olympusproject.org>
To: <kde-usability@mail.kde.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: KDE's menu implementation.


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> On May 28, 2002 10:28 pm, Alistair Davidson wrote:
> > Hmm, couldn't the disabled menu options ne highlighted in a different
> > way, say a change of colour with no depression, which would say both
> > "This is selected" and "This is an inactive option"
>
> this could be a great compromise that allows keyboarders see where they
are,
> but in a way that speaks to the disabled status of the item. if the "this
> item is currently selected" looked disabled on a disabled item, the
ambiguity
> would be gone.
>
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> Aaron J. Seigo
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