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Re: [datasets 17/18] gui: Add ellipsis to menu items that require furthe
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: [datasets 17/18] gui: Add ellipsis to menu items that require further input. |
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Sun, 01 May 2011 17:38:11 -0700 |
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I did a quick "grep" survey of .ui files installed on my own
system. I see 71 instances of ... and 28 instances of U+2026.
I'm inclined to stick with ... (unless you really like the
ellipsis character for some reason).
John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
> There is a Unicode character for an ellipsis. I wonder if
> we ought to use that instead of three dots.
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:36:45PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines say:
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> Label the menu item with a trailing ellipsis ("...") only if
> the command requires further input from the user before it
> can be performed. Do not add an ellipsis to items that only
> present a confirmation dialog (such as Delete), or that do
> not require further input (such as Properties, Preferences or
> About).
>
> Most PSPPIRE menu items fit this description, so they should have
> trailing ellipses, which this commit adds.
--
Ben Pfaff
http://benpfaff.org
- [datasets 00/18] Implement multiple datasets support, Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 02/18] gui: Put a separator line before list of windows in Windows menus., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 09/18] gui: Remove obviously unnecessary #include directives., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 06/18] gui: Use dispose instead of finalize method in PsppireDataWindow., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 13/18] gui: Fix File|Open in syntax editor., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 17/18] gui: Add ellipsis to menu items that require further input., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 07/18] psppire-window: Use g_string_append_unichar() instead of global var., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 08/18] gui: Include only <gtk/gtk.h> to use GTK+., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 01/18] gui: Always convert file names to UTF-8 for use in syntax., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 14/18] gui: Fix g_object_get() memory leaks for PsppireWindow's filename., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 03/18] gui: Fix const-ness warning for measure_to_string() return type., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 16/18] Implement DATASET commands., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01
- [datasets 10/18] gui: Prefer NULL to 0 for initializing pointers., Ben Pfaff, 2011/05/01