Peter Haworth wrote:
> I can separate the row specific items from the others with a line
> but how does that gel with HIG?
IIRC all the HIGs (OS X, Win, Gnome) recommend using separators where
appropriate in pulldown and popup menus, and the LC engine supports them
well on all three platforms.
For option menus it's a different story.
The OS X HIG recommends using separators where appropriate, but the Win
HIG seems agnostic on separators outside of the menu bar; it doesn't
discuss them at all, neither recommending nor forbidding them.
But it seems the Win API doesn't support them, at least not that I can
find nor apparently the Rev team, since separators in option controls on
Windows and Lunix render as selectable items with the dash showing
rather than a line.
Personally, since the Win HIG doesn't expressly forbid them (and even if
it did IMNSHO it would be wrong because they're darn useful in guiding
the eye) I've submitted a request for the team to find a way to allow
separators in option controls for Win and Linux as we have in OS X:
<http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=7624>
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