Re: [Nautilus-list] New show hidden/backup files patch

[John Sullivan <sullivan apple com>]

On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 05:25 PM, John Sullivan wrote:

> "Show Hidden Files", by itself,  with no checkbox next to it, is 
> ambiguous. Does it mean "If you select this, the 'show hidden files' 
> action will take place, and hidden files will appear", or does it mean 
> "This is not checked, therefore hidden files are not currently 
> showing"? There is no way to tell.

I realized that there is another parameter to this ambiguity issue. If, 
in the menu, a menu item with an "unchecked checkbox" looks different 
than a standard command-type menu item, then Jim is right that 
checkbox-type menu items are unambiguously checked or unchecked.

The problem is, this is a themeable appearance issue. In some themes 
(and on some platforms, like Macintosh), a "checkable but unchecked" 
menu item looks exactly the same as a "not checkable" menu item.

John