Peter Haworth wrote:
The recent thread on mouseDoubleup and particularly Richard's thought
on HIG have made me realise the UI choices I made weren't the best.
I'm now thinking of using a cascading option menu.
The menuPick dictionary entry says "If the menu item is part of
a submenu, the menu item label is followed by a vertical bar (|)
and the submenu's label."
but what I'm seeing is just the actual submenu choice with tabs
at the front of it.
I don't think I can make this work since I could have the same
submenu item listed under more than one main menu item. What
am I missing?
I hate to keep being the bearer of bad news, but submenus are only
supported in LiveCode for pulldown and popup menu styles.
This is conformant with the OS X HIG (in Controls/Pop-Up Menus):
Avoid adding a submenu to any item in a pop-up menu.
Doing so hides choices too deeply and is physically
difficult for users to use.
Since option controls are more commonly used for selections, putting the
items into a pulldown menu with an appropriate label or a gear or some
other relevant icon might be a good option to do what you need.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
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