Re: [Usability]Should the HIG advise use of Check and Radio menu items?

[murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)]

On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 16:31, Gregory Merchan wrote:
> in most themes, including the default theme,
> an untoggled radio or check menu item can not be distinguished from
> a normal menu item.

Because it shows a tick when it's active, but nothing when it is not
active. 

Well that might make sense. An untoggled Show Something menu item would
look like a normal menu item when the Something isn't already shown. And
when you look at it again you can see, from the little tick, that it is
already shown.


> The obvious solution would be to copy Java: retain an open circle for
> radio items and an open square for check items.

Personally I too would like it to be more like a real Check button, but
it doesn't seem too bad.

If we decided it really is a problem then we should submit a GTK+ HIG
bug and just not mention it in the HIG until GTK+ can do what we want.

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