I guess on the theory that no news is good news then any news must be bad! Back to the drawing board I guess.
I'm thinking I have a couple of choices. I could use an option menu showing what would have been the main menu items in the cascading scenario, and either a second option menu that displays what would have been the submenu items, with the second being populated when the user clicks on the first or use a modal dialog to get the secondary choice. The other option is a popup menu. I already have a popupmenu on the datagrid so it shouldn't be too hard to add some new items to it. I stayed away from using it because currently, the popup menu items act on the data in the datagrid row that the user clicks on whereas these new items would not. I can separate the row specific items from the others with a line but how does that gel with HIG? Pete Haworth On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > 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 > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
