Cascading Option Menus
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Wed Feb 2 14:03:08 EST 2011
Peter Haworth wrote:
> The recent thread on mouseDoubleup and particularly Richard's thought
> on HIG have made me realise the UI choices I made weren't the best.
> I'm now thinking of using a cascading option menu.
>
> The menuPick dictionary entry says "If the menu item is part of
> a submenu, the menu item label is followed by a vertical bar (|)
> and the submenu's label."
> but what I'm seeing is just the actual submenu choice with tabs
> at the front of it.
>
> I don't think I can make this work since I could have the same
> submenu item listed under more than one main menu item. What
> am I missing?
I hate to keep being the bearer of bad news, but submenus are only
supported in LiveCode for pulldown and popup menu styles.
This is conformant with the OS X HIG (in Controls/Pop-Up Menus):
Avoid adding a submenu to any item in a pop-up menu.
Doing so hides choices too deeply and is physically
difficult for users to use.
Since option controls are more commonly used for selections, putting the
items into a pulldown menu with an appropriate label or a gear or some
other relevant icon might be a good option to do what you need.
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