Re: Menu UI issues

[David Freeman <freeman earthling net>]

Allow icons to be embedded in the menu bar as well.  Maybe even allow
menu entries in a toolbar.

Just make a menu bar a special kind of tool bar.  One that provides
access into the menu structure of the application.

Keeping menu structure seperate from UI is important if you want to do
document linking and embedding.

Paul Hepworth wrote:
> 
> > Obviously, by default, the top-level menu gets pinned to the top of
> > the application window, which gives them a familiar UI.
> >
> > There ought to be a way to work a toolbar into this same system, so
> > that a toolbar is just another menu with icons that a user can pin
> > into their application window.
> >
> I agree with this.  "A menu is just a toolbar" is a good idea.  I don't
> think the right-mouse menu should match the application main menu,
> however.  The right-mouse menu should be a context-menu with only the
> stuff relevant in the current context.  Nothing wrong with a submenu at
> the bottom for "Main menu -->", though.
> 
> I definitely like the idea of the menubar being *optional*.  I.e. if I
> choose not to have a menubar tool pinned to the top of my window, that's
> fine.  (I definitely prefer OS/2 file windows with no menu bar to the
> screen-wasting menu&toolbar-adorned win95 ones, for instance.)
> 
> > [ warning: this is a stealth pie menu message ]
> >
> What the heck is a pie menu?
> 
> Paul
> 
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