GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 95113
From Desktop Context Menu - New Launcher should have elipses
Last modified: 2005-03-25 15:38:39 UTC
see bug 82707 s/New Folder/New Folder... ? probably is right since technically you have to enter in information after doing a new folder.
Dave, you might want to run many of these by glynn and see if it is relevant to tag them with ui-review.
Is this still relevant?
I think the ... is really just for stuff that would show a dialog. Reopen if you feel strongly.
Murray if we were using the Mac you would be correct. In gnome, though elipses mean requires further information, not opens a dialog. So to update it should be Create Folder... using nautilus' current terminology (though I think New is better but i'm not going to fight bout that)/
The relevant HIG text says: "Use an ellipsis (...) at the end of the label if the action requires further input from the user before it can be carried out. For example, Save As... or Find.... Do not add an ellipsis to commands like Properties, Preferences, or Settings, as these open windows that do not require further input." so you have a point. But I think that the point of the elipses is to reassure the user that the action will not actually happen just yet - he will have a chance to cancel. But the file _will_ be created. I would prefer to fix the HIG.
Murray I have no opinion on the HIG recommendation. I believe a bug exists regarding the HIG elipses recommendation. You may want to hunt it down and add comments to it.
I think you mean bug #93071, which is closed and does not seem to be relevant.
Murray Comming found the right words. I strongly feel like current behavior is totally OK. Instead, we should consider adding elipses to the "New Launcher" menu entry which requests information from the user. regs, Chris
changing title to reflect the change in direction of this bug instead of closing this and filing a new one; also changing to Desktop component and adding a ui-review keyword which should have been there. Manny is right in comment #8 that the "Create Launcher" should have an elipse ("Create Launcher...") added to it as it is the exact case the HIG is referring to in the elipse section. I don't see a big hurry to get this fix in as it isn't really a disasterous bug, however consistency is nice (tm). Manny, I'm sure you could drum up a patch for this very quickly, then we'll get it on dave's radar and we could get this commited and closed :-)
Marking this one easy fix so it'll show up on new hackers radar
Created attachment 32848 [details] [review] Proposed patch.
Christian: maybe you could email nautilus list with a summary of your outstanding patches? :)
I've updated the patch for head and committed it. Thanks.