Re: Menu UI issues

[Marc Ewing <marc redhat com>]

Peter Norton <spacey@inch.com> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 10:27:14AM -0500, Marc Ewing wrote:
> > Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> writes:
> > > Eventually, but it also needs to be part of the Gnome UI discussion.
> > > A menu bar exists as a shortcut into the menu system.
> > It also exists to display state information to the user (eg, am I
> > using bold, underline, etc).
> > 
> > -Marc
> 
> Are you talking about a Menu Bar or a Tool Bar, which is usually where
> bold buttons, etc get checked and are user visible.  

Uh, yeah, a Tool Bar.  Somehow I mixed up that conversation with
another one.

> Hey, would it be possible to modify the pointer instead of any menu or
> tool bars to indicate the state of text, i.e. map an italicized bold
> string that says "Text" under the pointer as it's moved about?  Would it
> be a good idea as a user hint?

It would certainly be a hint, but it might be a little intrusive.  Something
like that in a status bar of some sort might work.

-Marc