[haiku-commits] Re: r40959 - haiku/trunk/src/kits/shared
- From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:53:03 +0100
Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Philippe Houdoin
> <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I always thought the ellipsis just indicates that the menu item will open a
> >> window.
> >
> > Usually it indicates the some extra step(s) will be needed before
> > doing actually what the action text state.
> > It's also a good indication that the change this action could do will
> > not apply yet.
> >
> > In this case, there is no extra step before actually getting some
> > "about" information, so ellipsis is not needed.
>
> Maybe someone should clarify that in the existing "HIG" that was
> decided upon some time ago:
>
> http://api.haiku-os.org/HIG/ch06s02.html
That's not in SVN, is it?
Wikipedia says
"
In many user interface guidelines, a "..." after the name of a command implies
that the user will need to provide further information, for example in a
subsequent dialog box, before the action can be completed. A typical example is
the Save As... command, which after being clicked will usually require the user
to enter a file name, as opposed to Save where the file will usually be saved
under the existing name of the file. Also, an ellipsis character after a status
message signifies that an operation may take some time, as in "Downloading
updates...".
"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis#In_computer_interfaces
/Jonas
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