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Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features

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On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:37:06 -0500
Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:
> 
> > The greyed out menu option.
> >
> > It's there. I want to select it, but it's disabled.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > Presumably the program knows, but it doesn't let on. I'm meant to be
> > able to guess what I have to do to enable it.
> >
> > In some software that I've developed, hovering over a greyed out menu
> > option cause a tip to be displayed stating the reason it's greyed out.
> >
> > I wish that were standard practice. It would alleviate a major cause
> > of baldness.
> 
> So, in your world there is no reason for a grayed out menu.

I don't think that follows from Sylvia's post. I think her complaint is
that no reason is displayed as to why the menu is greyed out.

> I use Fvwm.  Fvwm grays out menu entries when MWM hints say the
> operation is not allowed.
> 
> Explain why that is not the best option.

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    Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2022-02-02 13:21 +0000
      Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features C Mercadal <mercadal@diablonet.net> - 2022-02-02 15:52 +0000
        Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2022-02-02 19:20 +0000
  Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-02-02 16:00 +0200
  Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-02-02 10:37 -0500
    Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2022-02-02 16:07 +0000
      Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-02-02 12:40 -0500
        Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-02-02 22:18 +0000
  Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2022-02-03 10:19 +1100
    Re: One of the most exasperating GUI features Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2022-02-03 02:08 +0000

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