#14947: Change menu scrolling from vertical to horizontal
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: nobody
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Kits/Interface Kit | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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The following idea is for all menus, not just the drill-down navigational
ones used as an example. Currently, if a menu has more items that fit in
the screen's vertical resolution, scroll arrows appear at the top and
bottom:
[[Image(now.png,100%)]]
Wouldn't it be much better if instead of the arrows at the top/bottom,
they'd be at the right (or left, depending on the position on screen) of
the menu:
[[Image(0.png,100%)]]
When the mouse pointer touches the arrow-bar at the right (or the
selection is moved beyond the last entry via cursor key), the next batch
of entries appear:
[[Image(1.png,100%)]]
If there are more entries still, there'd be another arrow-bar on that new
menu area. If the mouse leaves that new menu area it'll get folded back,
just like the current drill-down navigation.
The advantages:
* you quickly seen many more/all menu entries
* much quicker than the current vertical scrolling
* makes use of todays wide screens
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/14947>
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