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From: sie6@quads.uchicago.edu (scott alexander siege)
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Subject: Re: Apple Menu Items
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Date: 28 May 91 16:11:00 GMT
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I do not think that there is really any particular problem with hierarchical
menuss and how they relate to folders as was suggested. A single alteration
to how these menus work will be necessary. That is: right now, the menu item
that has sub-menus attached cannot itself be selected. If you made it possible
the main menu item itself (when appropriate) then that action could be used to
open the folder. You would still have the option of selecting a sub-menu and 
moving directly to a DA, CDEV, sub-folder, etc. Although this kind of menu
selection (that is: selecting a menu item directly which has sub-menus) is
not currently a part of the interface, there are programs which do it and I
believe it would be a good addition to the interface, especially with respect
to the added functionality of the new Apple menu.

A problem I do forsee is that you may not want the contents of a folder to
appear as sub-menus. So, how does the mac decide? Possibly via a checkbox in
the "Get Info" box? I don't really know.

While on the subject: can one add a keyboard equiv. to an item in the Apple
menu? Adding to other regular items has been described by editing their 
resources. But, what about those items with no resources. eg. Apple Menu
items?

-Scott