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From: Timothy.Allen@dartmouth.edu (Timothy Allen)
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Subject: Re: Apple Menu Items
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Date: 30 May 91 23:24:00 GMT
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In article <34901@mimsy.umd.edu>
folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes:

With much discussion of how the Apple Menu treats folders and other
objects consistently, Wayne poses the following dilemma:

> Everyone wants pull-rights in the Apple menu, but it is hard to decide how
> to do it!

Well, how about this:  selecting a folder from the apple menu would
cause the hierarchical menu to pop out to the right, displaying the
contents of the folder (much like turning the triangles to down in
finder list views).  The user then has two options:  1) drag right to
an object in the popout menu would select and open that object, but not
dragging right, and letting up on the mouse button over the folder name
would cause the folder itself to open.  Just a suggestion.

tim.allen@dartmouth.edu