CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH REALBASIC MENUS (Web hosting control panel) Using
CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH REALBASIC MENUS Using Separator Bars to Organize Menu Items To make your application s menu system easier and more intuitive to work with, make sure to group menu items and submenus together in a logical manner. For example, on the File menu of most Windows and Linux applications, the customary presentation is to have menu items related to creating, opening, or closing documents first, followed by menu items for saving or printing. The last menu item should be an Exit or Quit option. Once you organize your menu items into related groups, visually separating these groups by inserting a horizontal separator bar in between them is often helpful. The following procedures outlines the steps required to insert a separator bar in between your menu items. 1. Finish building the menu system for your REALbasic application, making sure your group-related menu items are together in a logical order. 2. Select a menu where you want to insert a separator bar. 3. Click the menu item, and then insert the separator bar. 4. Click the Add Separator button located in the Menu Editor s toolbar or click Project . Add . Separator. The separator bar is immediately visible, as Figure 4-16 shows. Figure 4-16. Visually improving the organization of menu items using separator bars 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add additional separator bars to other menus, as needed.
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