Legacy Document
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Pop-Up Menus
Pop-up menus, introduced in the chapter "Menu Manager" in this book, provide the user with a simple way to choose from among a list of choices without having to move the cursor to the menu bar. As an alternative to a group of radio buttons, a pop-up menu is particularly useful for specifying a group of settings or values that number five or more, or whose settings or values might change. Like the items in a set of radio buttons, the items in a pop-up menu are mutually exclusive--that is, only one choice from the menu can be in effect at any time. Figure 5-8 on page 5-10 illustrates the choices available in a pop-up menu that has been selected by the user.Never use a pop-up menu as a way to provide the user with commands. Pop-up
menus should not list actions (that is, verbs); instead, they should list attributes (that
is, adjectives) or settings from which the user can choose one option.