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I noticed some inconsistencies with the use of ellipses with menu options... thereafter I googled this linked: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/637683/when-to-use-ellipsis-after-menu-items In short (from the website), this may be best practices: Ellipsis o Menu items which opens a form that require user input to do something (Replace, Go to, Font) No ellipsis o Menu items which just does something (Cut, Paste, Exit, Save) o Menu items which opens a form that does not require user input (About, Check for Updates) I also noticed that ellipsis *were* appropriately used in *many* places, but a few place which may need them, did not have them. Take the following for example: Should File->"[Project]" Properties read File->"[Project]" Properties... Should Edit->Stop Macro Recording read Edit->Stop Macro Recording... Should Tools->Server read Tools->Server... Should Tools->Plugins read Tools->Plugins... etc., etc., Please note that I am not directly requesting this to be fixed... I have just noticed some inconsistencies and recommend that all menu options are analyzed in regards to the appropriate necessity (or absence) of ellipses. -- Thanks, Robert
Ondra, could you please suggest ?
I basically agree. I.e. File->"[Project]" Properties... should certainly have ellipses, Stop macro recording probably also. As for Tools menu, technically speaking all items there should have ellipses. For this reason I think they were intentionally omitted in the past as it was too much of a visual clutter .. But no strong opinion on this.
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