Re: Make the action of a NSMenuItem, which has a subMenu, to work
Re: Make the action of a NSMenuItem, which has a subMenu, to work
- Subject: Re: Make the action of a NSMenuItem, which has a subMenu, to work
- From: Mason Mark <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:32:44 -0700
On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 06:17 AM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 02:02 pm, Mason Mark wrote:
It may well violate the HIG, but IMO it is totally warranted in some
cases.
For an example, see BBEdit's "New" menu item in the File menu.
I would never have thought to use the "New" menu item directly (as I
have rarely, if ever, seen that work), I'd either go new->text file or
just use cmd-n.
Well, right.
But when you are working and not looking, sort of relying on your
"muscle memory" of where File->New is, it's nice that it does work.
This example sticks in my mind because I remember going (very rapidly)
through this procedure:
1) Work rapidly with right hand on mouse
2) Choose File->New and release mouse
3) Notice that submenu had popped up briefly
4) Get irritated, begin to retarget mouse to choose File->New Text File
5) Notice that a new untitled file did appear after all
Of course, I agree that this is not standard behavior, and so is not
really appropriate in most cases because it is
nonstandard...nevertheless I appreciated it as a user in this case. The
reason it is good is that the menu item is in the standard location for
New, and the results are what you'd expect if you chose the menu item
without really looking...
--
Mason Mark
Five Speed Software, Inc.
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