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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: patch for Right Mouse popup in Message and Headers Window
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-19 4:49:36
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On Sunday 18 March 2001 16:46, seth@psy.au.dk wrote:
> On 18 Mar 01, at 9:44, Michael Häckel wrote:
> > On Sunday, 18. March 2001 01:25, Seth Chaiklin wrote:
> > > Is there a FAQ or "guidelines" or something for Kmail Developers?
> >
> > There is the styleguide on http://developer.kde.org/
>
> Thanks very much for the tip.  This has been very helpful reading for me.
>
> > On Saturday, 17. March 2001 23:05, Seth Chaiklin wrote:
> > > 3.  I also succeeded in making the "Edit" item be contextual.  That is,
> > > with the RMB, it only appears in the menu IF it is a draft or outbox
> > > message.
> >
> > Well, but I think is should be grayed out and not hidden.
>
> After reading in the style standards, then I can see that this is right for
> the Menubar  (and thanks for the suggestion about how to do it! I will try
> that).
>
> But I think it would be better to use the contextual approach for the RMB.
>
> At:
> http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/mouse/index.html
>
> It says:
>    The RMB-menu contains the most important actions available for the
> marked object(s).
> That suggests to me that it would be better to only show those actions that
> are relevant for the object that gets a RM-click.  It is not a matter of
> hiding, but of only showing what is relevant for a clicked-on object.  Or
> have I misunderstood the standard?

You  understand it correctly :-)

Cheers,
Waldo
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bastian@kde.org | SuSE Labs KDE Developer | bastian@suse.com
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