Re: assigning the same keyboard command to more than one menu item
Re: assigning the same keyboard command to more than one menu item
- Subject: Re: assigning the same keyboard command to more than one menu item
- From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:28:55 -0800
Is a XUL/Gecko app which assigns identical command keys to multiple
menu items really well-formed? What would such a beast do?
On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Josh Aas wrote:
That is not an option. I am not building a particular application
in which I
can just rethink my menu structure - I am building a cross-platform
toolkit
with which people build all sorts of applications, and being able
to do this
is a requirement (the platform is XUL/Gecko, example applications are
Firefox, Thunderbird, Songbird...). I have no control over what
they put in
their menu bars.
Thanks,
Josh Aas
On 12/20/06, Ronny Reichmann <email@hidden> wrote:
Am 20.12.2006 um 07:21 schrieb Josh Aas:
> I need to be able to assign the same key equivalent and
modifiers to
> multiple menu items in my Cocoa application's menu bar. I know that
> doesn't
> seem like good UI design,
You answered your question. Rethink your menu-structure completely or
just asign one key-equ. and leave the other menu items without. Why?
Because:
> [...] they will always have the same action/target.
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