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I too use a mac at times, so I understand your preference. [I also run
OSX on one of my PCs ;)
<p>One of my pet peeves is Windows apps moving shit around from release
to release.
<p>Frankly, I personally wouldn't mind you leaving it as-is.
<p>But for the good AP, it might not be best to follow that.
<p>I don't suppose you could make it a user setting?
<br>
<p>Chris
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<p>Paul Rodman wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>On Oct 30, 2009, at 6:39 PM, CER wrote:
<p>> I too would say that 'C' is more traditional in Windows land
<br>>
<br>> Problem is... I've kind of gotten used to the way you have it! I
may
<br>> actually need to "see" it implimented to be sure "C" is preferable.
<p>I'm used to the Mac world where there is only one menubar and it
<br>traditionally has all the menus and items for all windows in the app
<br>and just disables those that aren't applicable. This makes it easy
for
<br>"muscle memory" since the items are always in the same place. The
<br>Windows world is different and very alien to me. Menus are not
<br>consistent and are attached to windows that can have different
<br>positions, etc.
<p>I have (effectively) implemented (b) since it's easy to do. (c) is a
<br>lot harder (i.e. a big schlepp). I might leave it as (b) for now and
<br>see if I can devise a means to do (c) without breaking stuff.
<p>I was hoping to get a release out today, but it won't make it until
<br>tomorrow at the earliest.
<p>Paul R.
<p>> Paul Rodman wrote:
<br>>> Windows-using folks,
<br>>> What's the desired functionality for the menus in a window?
<br>>>
<br>>> a. Every window has all the menus with all menu entries, and just
<br>>> disables those that don't apply to the window (this is the current
<br>>> method).
<br>>>
<br>>> b. A window only has those menus that contain entries pertinent
to
<br>>> the
<br>>> window, but those menus contain all the items, with the unused ones
<br>>> dimmed.
<br>>>
<br>>> c. A window only has those menus that contain entries pertinent
to
<br>>> the
<br>>> window, and only containing items pertinent to the window. e.g.
for a
<br>>> simple window, the File menu might only contain the "Close" item.
<br>>>
<br>>> I'm trying to figure out how typical Windows apps behave.
<br>>>
<br>>> Paul R.
<br>>>
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