b_murphy@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au (10/15/90)
Keywords: Human Interface Guidelines, Modal Dialog Box, Command Key
Summary: What is your opinion about the handeling of Command Key
equivalences within Modal Dialog Boxes?
From: B_MURPHY@VAXA.UWA.OZ.AU (Onno)
I would like to know your opinion on the following:
If a modal dialog is on the screen, what do you do with CUT/COPY/PASTE? I
have seen many implementations where the menu doesn't work, but the command
keys do. Also I've seen help-screens appear while a modal dialog was up.
I find from own experiance that I tend not to try to hit outside the box
because it's a modal box that requres you to do something first. *BUT*
(There's *always* a but!:-) in for instance MPW, using the command keys
you can paste a <CR> into the Search/Replace box where as you cannot hit
<CR> (It'll go and Find.) The HIGs says something across the lines that
the keyboard-equivalences are just that, equivalences, something you can
also do by selecting from the menu.
Idea: Grey the whole menu bar *execpt* 'EDIT' and maybe the help item
where ever it is.
OR: Do not allow CUT/COPY/PASTE and supply the user with <CR> and <TAB>
equivalences.
OR: (This is really snazzy ;-) Supply the user with either buttons
in the dialog that do CUT/COPY/PASTE, or a menu in the dialog.
What do *you* think?
While I'm at it, is there anyone *outside* Australia actually *READING*
this, 'cuz I got the distinct impression we were on our lonesome here.
(PinkFloyd: Is there anybody out there? :-)
-o (short for On-no)
()/)/)() can be r e a c h e d at B_MURPHY@VAXA.UWA.OZ.AU
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