Re: [Freecol-developers] Menu items (HIG problem)

[Michael B. <Mic...@gm...>]

Highwind wrote:
> On Sun, 10 May 2009 12:21:18 +0200, Michael Burschik 
> <Mic...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> And where are they supposed to be
>> present, in the first place?
>
> According to many UI guidelines, the ellipsis is used for menu items 
> that need further user interaction to complete the wanted command - 
> most often in the form of further dialog boxes.
>
> For example, in most office applications it's "Save" (no further 
> interaction necessary, the old file name is reused) vs. "Save As..." 
> (further interaction to determine a new filename).
>

That was my impression, also. In that case, we do not use the ellipsis 
consistently, however. The menu item "High Scores" has an ellipsis, but 
it just displays a report panel, and the other reports do not have an 
ellipsis. "Europe" also opens the Europe screen directly. The "Quit" 
menu item also has an ellipsis, but the only user interaction required 
is a confirmation. On the other hand, items like "go to" do not have an 
ellipsis, although they require further information.

Regards

Michael