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From: kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New HIG for pull-down/pop-ups
Summary: Which way is up
Message-ID: <44112@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 90 20:04:55 GMT
References: <3961@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <3961@crash.cts.com> mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) writes:
>Apple has yet to release the "Here's How You Really Do It" spec on drawing a
>pop-up menu.  (Though, there's a CDEF supplied with the CommToolBox, so maybe
>that is The Way).

The CommToolbox CDEF is being massaged and will be included in System 7.

>
>all locations) puts undue strain on programmers.  Plus, if the item shown in
>the pop-up menu's (PUM's) rect is the bottom-most one in the menu, then
>shouldn't the downward arrow really point upward?  And, if the item is not at
>the top or bottom of the list, shouldn't it be more line a diamond shape to
>point up *and* down?
>

The arrow is meant as a visual clue, rather than a definition.  It's like
a road sign indicating curves ahead: the curves on the sign don't match
the terrain in any sense.  Similarly, the popup arrow is meant to indicate
the presence of a menu rather than its modus operandi.

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Alex Kazim, Apple Computer
Never trust the suits
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