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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: simplifying KControl
From:       William Leese <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-01-30 18:57:25
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Emil Loer wrote:
> On Thursday 30 January 2003 19:38, William Leese wrote:
> 
>>Lenny wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 30 January 2003 18:46, Gordon Tyler wrote:
>>>
>>>>kudling@kde.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Context menus should only contain informations about or the possibilty
>>>>>to  modify direct properties of the selected object(s) and should not
>>>>>provide further actions which simply use the selected object as input".
>>>>
>>>>I think it's perfectly logical to use a context menu on an object to
>>>>provide _context_ to a command such as Find Files "within this
>>>>directory".
>>>>
>>>>What's your reasoning for why it should not provide such actions?
>>>
>>>Because it clutters the context.
>>
>>Unless you provide a submenu for these such actions. Which is part of
>>what Aaron is doing, if I'm correct.
 >
> But how often would a regular user use this function? I think this option 
> isn't worth placing in the menu, because KFind also has the ability to search 
> using a specified directory as the find root.
> 

By containing such "useful but not neccesary" items in a submenu very 
little damage is done, and the more savy user should also be content.

- wvl

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