[haiku-development] Re: Working on Haiku's Mail app
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:35:05 +0100
"Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > BTW those drop downs are called "pop ups" in Haiku. Don't mix this
> > for a consistent language.
> Really? I always called them drop-down menu. It's all over the user
> guide. Gahh!
Oh well.
> But since it doesn't appear in Haiku's user interface, it's just a
> minimal inconsistency for prorammers, as I assume the API calls it
> "pop
> up"? Drop-down is more correct IMO, as the menu drops "down" and
> doesn't pop "up" on activation.
It actually pops up; at least I would understand dropping down such
that the menu opens *below* the widget, not over it - the menu pops up
:-)
> Do I really have to change that?
I'd prefer it, but I guess it doesn't matter that much besides
programmers looking for a drop down widget class :-)
Bye,
Axel.
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