[1/2] winemine: Add ellipses for menu entries that open new dialog windows

Anders Jonsson anders.jonsson at norsjonet.se
Thu Jul 9 13:02:06 CDT 2009


Yuri Khan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 15:53, Anders Jonsson<anders.jonsson at norsjonet.se> wrote:
>
>   
>>     POPUP "&Info" {
>> -        MENUITEM "&Fastest Times",    IDM_TIMES
>> +        MENUITEM "&Fastest Times...", IDM_TIMES
>>         MENUITEM "&About",         IDM_ABOUT
>>     }
>>     
>
> According to Microsoft's guidelines, an ellipsis is only necessary
> when the command asks for confirmation or additional parameters. "If
> simply viewing the window is a common action, don't use an ellipsis."
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511502.aspx#ellipses
>
>
>   
I see.

Then the reason that "Fastest times" in the original minesweeper have an
ellipsis is that the user there can choose between pressing OK  or to
clear all high scores.





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