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| Subject | Re: Finding location of current menu |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.programmer |
| From | Terry Kelly <tk@cestriant.plus.com> |
| Date | 2020-02-02 16:45 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <9311143c58.Terry@tez.freeserve.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <30e2ae3a58.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> <mpro.q4ztv001i3wxf02ho.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> <250f013c58.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> |
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In message <250f013c58.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk>
Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> Another advantage of using a submenu is that it could be greyed out until the
> links have been fetched. If the items on the main menu changed while the
> user had it open, there could be a situation where the user clicks the mouse,
> and before their brain has completed the operation the application has
> inserted extra items and so the user ends up clicking on something
> unexpected.
Would it be feasible to have two separate sub-menus (initial links &
further links), the second one being greyed out until the extra links have
been received. This would avoid any problems from inserting extra items
into a list, and possibly less confusing to the user.
--
Regards,
Terry
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