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Subject:Re: Dropdown menu on a button From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:37:50 -0700
HAH!
I can't even explain what this guy is trying to
justify.
In the menu bar, I have an entry called Definitions
and when clicked, produces a dropdown list of about 11
items. (fair enough)
In the toolbar, I have an icon
called...yep..Definitions. When I click the icon, I
get the SAME 11 ITEMS!!
No difference, they do the same thing.
Oh, I almost forgot. One of the items in the
Definitions menu bar is called "Agent Network", which
includes a sub-menu of seven items.
However, there is also a separate icon called "Agent
Network" with the same seven items...and they also do
the same thing.
<sigh>
--- Gwen Thomas <gthomas -at- PAYSYS -dot- COM> wrote:
> <snip_John_Posada>
> My response from the manager was:
> "Having drop-down functions on buttons is something
> that is widely used in software."
> </snip_John_Posada>
>
> Think of the style lists and font lists on the
> formatting toolbar in Word. Is that what the
> manager had in mind? Or, you can have buttons that
> display another toolbar, such as the Drawing toolbar
> or the Tables and Borders toolbar. In both cases,
> the resulting "lists" have a different look/feel
> from drop down menus.
>
> Gwen Thomas
===
John Posada
Western Union International
(w) jposada -at- westernunion -dot- com
(p) john -at- tdandw -dot- com
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