Re: Long Menus issue (Was: Re:NeXTGtk ?)

[cdodd tkc att ne jp (Chris Dodd)]

<Large snip of some good long menu ideas>
>
>	* Use a drop down list for menus.  This puts a scroll bar on the
>side of menus which are too long.  This may be my favorite solution.  I
>might like it more if the scroll bar looked like this:
>                       
>                       /\ So you can scroll up/down easily.  I also
>                       \/ think this scroll bar should be VERY thin
>                       .. and should be auto scrolling.  This means 
>                       [] that if the user drags the mouse to the 
>                       .. top of the screen, the menu scrolls up.
>                       .. (Works with the bottom too.  This would
>                       /\ only be if the user has not released the
>                       \/ mouse button.)
>
I have to say that I like this idea the most.  Especially if we can
keep it auto-scrolling depending on if the user is keeping their
mouse to the bottom or top.

Chris
>
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