Re: Toolbar Item -Menu Form Representation - Key Equivalent
Re: Toolbar Item -Menu Form Representation - Key Equivalent
- Subject: Re: Toolbar Item -Menu Form Representation - Key Equivalent
- From: Richard Somers <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:16:23 -0600
On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
The real solution is to not create toolbar items without corresponding
menu items, as per the HIG: ...
This has the added benefit of making it possible to use the inline
search field in the Help menu to find and activate the menu item.
True, thanks for the reminder. The HIG states "Any item in a toolbar
should also be available as a menu command."
As I see it there are several benefits with this.
1) As you mentioned, the inline search field in the Help menu can be
used to find and activate a menu command.
2) The user can assign a keyboard shortcut to a menu command.
3) The user can directly access the command from the main menu.
I am working on a complex vertical market application. The toolbar is
being designed as an integral part of the application. It is one of
the preferred methods for accessing the available tools. For this
particular application there may not be much benefit to the user by
duplicating the toolbar command structure in the main menu bar. If I
am wrong or change my mind I can easily put it in later. For now the
key equivalent is working for both the toolbar item and the menu form
representation of that item with the work around mentioned.
--Richard
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