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From: ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Proper menu title appearance when all items are dimmed
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Date: 12 Dec 88 22:52:11 GMT
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I have a short question regarding menu bar etiquette: when all the
items in a menu are disabled (dimmed), should the menu title also be
dimmed?  I think so, 'cause in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines
it says just that, but even the Finder doesn't follow this rule.
Check out the 'View By' Menu in the Finder when all windows are closed
and nothing is selected.  All menu items are dimmed but the menu title
itself is not.  Is this an example of "do as I say, not as I do", or
is this interface rule not a strict one?  (The reason I'm asking this
is because I'm trying to avoid a lot of DrawMenuBar calls in my code
when all menu items become dimmed; lots of these calls tend to make
the menu bar flicker).

Robert
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disclaimer: all these opinions, such as they are, are mine