Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

[Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere teaser fr>]

According to rob campbell att net <rob campbell att net>:
> > The menus on MB2 (middle) and MB3 (right) should be
> conveniences,
> > shortcuts to the main menu.  I don't know what the
> Gnome usability folks
> > have to say about that, but it doesn't matter.  The
> menu is the menu is
> > the menu: it contains the full set of options/commands
> to use the program.
>
> I agree, FWIW.  My personal preference would be to have
> everything on a menu bar (or floating menu) and have the
> right-click for context-sensitive options.  But I know
> some people prefer the convenience of having the full
> menu where ever they click.
>
> Dia has an option to display a menu bar, but it disables
> the right-click menu elsewhere.  Could I have both?

In that case, I have choosen to make the right click be the contextual
menu (instead of middle click).
Perhaps can we make a contextual menu show the whole menus as a
submenu :-))) [if you don't understand that, I do ;-) ]


Hub