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

[David Malcolm <dmalcolm redhat com>]

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 12:36 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
> 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 :-).

Committed to HEAD, with a ChangeLog entry.  (Had to slightly update to
merge in the fix for 323108)

Dave