Re: Question about menu-choose-command...

• To: moon@cambridge.apple.com, SWM@sapsucker.scrc.symbolics.com
• Subject: Re: Question about menu-choose-command...
• From: Scott McKay <SWM@sapsucker.scrc.symbolics.com>
• Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 09:32-0400
• Cc: montag@ztivax.siemens.com, clim@BBN.COM, cer@franz.com
• In-Reply-To: <9109100022.AA11602@cambridge.apple.com>

    Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1991 20:24 EDT
    From: moon@cambridge.apple.com (David A. Moon)

    > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1991 17:24-0400
    > From: Scott McKay <SWM@sapsucker.scrc.symbolics.com>
    > 
    >     Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1991 15:25 EDT
    >     From: Michael Montag <montag@ztivax.siemens.com>
    > 
    >     The menu pops up, but the items are not mouse-sensitive. Clicking inside the
    >     menu hasn't any effect. Clicking outside the menu returns NIL.
    > 
    > Are the items in the menu displayed in italic?  I bet they are,
    > indicating that the are not applicable commands in the current context.

    Should be indicated by dimming rather than italicizing.  Then it would
    be a lot more obvious what it means.

I don't know how to implement dimming in a way that leaves the items
still readable, but I do agree with you.

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