https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230496 sh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mschmidkunz@novell.com Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |jsuchome@novell.com ------- Comment #3 from sh@novell.com 2007-01-11 04:04 MST ------- Well, what is the rationale for wanting to replace the items of a MenuButton? What is the use case? Menus that change on the fly are really, really bad style. The purpose of MenuButtons is to collapse some less frequently actions (usually expert-style actions) into one button rather than clutter dialogs with dozens of buttons. MenuButtons were never meant to act as a substitute for context menus. Context menus are just about the only place where changing menu items is acceptable form a usability perspective. While I know that sometimes MenuButtons are used as a substitute for a proper menu bar, I'd really appreciate if we introduce real menu bars properly if there is a need for it. Making workarounds with MenuButtons for that kind of thing will always be only a kludge. But even menu bars with pulldown menus (like seen in most other GUI applications) should generally not change their entries on the fly. Exceptions are things like a "most recently used" submenu in a "File" menu or similar. So, exactly what is this for? Do we need proper menus? If so, please let's do this right. Let's come up with a proper concept that includes actions that can be enabled and disabled and put into menus as well as tool bars. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.