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Re: NSMenu* and NSPopuUp* issues


From: Serg Stoyan
Subject: Re: NSMenu* and NSPopuUp* issues
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:36:04 +0200

Hello Alexander,

> Serg Stoyan wrote:
> [snip]
> > So, finally, we have to decide: Do we need horizontal menus in GNUstep
> > library or not? There is 2 ways:
> > 
> > 1. We decide to leave horizontal menus -- I'll finish implementation.
> > 2. We decide to remove -- I'll remove horizontal menus code.
> 
> IMO, the code for horizontal menus should be removed. -gui should only
> provide one menu style, and following the NeXT gui, it should be
> vertical menus.
> 
> There needs to be _one_ standard menu style that application developers
> can design for; what is a good choice of and layout of menu items in a
> vertical menu is very awkward in a horizontal menu. Having more than one
> in -gui will, at best, result in one being the de facto standard and all
> the others not really being supported, though it's more likely that
> we'll just end up with a big mess.
> 
> If some want to use a theme bundle that provides horizontal menus,
> that's ok, but this is not a standard or supported case, and it's not
> what apps are designed for, so they will lose consistency.

  I agree with you. Thanks. I'll remove it.

-- 
Serg Stoyan




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