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RE: State "button" in Customize is not a button


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: State "button" in Customize is not a button
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:58:46 -0800

        The State button in Customize is not a button but a pulldown list
        (menu). That is, it opens a menu; it does not effect an action. It
        should not look like the other buttons. A pulldown menu label
        ("button") often has a small triangle next to the text, to indicate
        that it is a pulldown menu.

    I've seen those small triangles.  They are a pain in the neck to put
    the mouse on.  We certainly won't do that.

FWIW, the triangle I'm talking about is part of the pull-down menu label.
There is no need to put the mouse on the triangle itself - just as now, the
mouse works anywhere on the label ("State") or the triangle - that is,
anywhere on the "button". The triangle (or maybe a "V") is just an
indication that the label hides a menu.

At any rate, as I said, pull-down lists are a bad idea altogether, whether
or not they have some extra annotation (e.g. triangle) to indicate that they
are menus.

    I do not want to consider changing this now.







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