#15118 closed enhancement (wontfix)
[patch] Disable menu items when none of its items are enabled
| Reported by: | bafonins | Owned by: | team |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Core | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
This patch disables menu's which have no enabled items in it.
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Change History (5)
Changed 6 years ago by
| Attachment: | menu-disable.patch added |
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comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by
Hi, is it really customary behavior to disable an expandable menu item when all submenus are disabled? At least this is not how it works in LibreOffice and Gimp (if this is even a conscious decision).
It could make sense in some cases, e.g. presets, where menus are deeply nested and all entries are similar. But in general I prefer the way it is at the moment. The reason being that users can explore what tools and options are available and the list of disabled menu entries will give clues, what data to load/select in order to make use of the disabled feature set.
On a technical level, the patch is quite good and I would be glad to get more patches of this quality.
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by
+1 the patch is really good, but I'm not sure this is needed.
I'm afraid it could hurt the usability for people navigating the menu with keyboard arrows: I fear the navigation may be impossible when a disabled entry is found (to check on Windows, mac, Linux, etc.).
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The patch itself