Re: [evolution-patches] Proposed UI change: mailer component: ellipsis characters for various menu items (#323951)

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan novell com>]

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 01:47 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> (trying to get some UI fixes in before the deadline here)
> 
> >From the GNOME HIG:
> "Command items are menu items that initiate a command or perform an action, such
> as Save, Print or Quit. They may act on the currently active document in a
> document based application, or on the application itself." ... "Label the menu
> item with a trailing ellipsis ("...") only if the command requires further input
> from the user before it can be performed. Do not add an ellipsis to items that
> only present a confirmation dialog (such as Delete), or that do not require
> further input (such as Properties, Preferences or About)." (see
> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/menus-design.html#menu-grouping 
> 
> 
> Based on the above, I think the following items in the mailer should have
> trailing ellipsis characters:
> Message ->
> 	Compose New Message
> 	Post New Message to Folder
> 	Reply
> 	Post a Reply
> 	Reply to Sender
> 	Reply to List
> 	Forward
> 	Redirect
> 	Move to Folder
> 	Copy to Folder
> 
> Attached is a patch that adds the ellipsis characters to these menu items.
> OK to commit? (with a ChangeLog entry)
> 
Sure. Commit with ChangeLog :-).

-Srini
> Dave
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