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Bug 568866 - Ellipses usage on User Switch Applet
Ellipses usage on User Switch Applet
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.25.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-01-23 16:15 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2010-01-13 17:12 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26

Attachments
Patch (1.18 KB, patch)
2009-08-04 13:14 UTC, Michael Monreal 		committed Details | Review

Description Michael Monreal 2009-01-23 16:15:18 UTC 
"Account Information" and "System Preferences" have ellipses "..." on the User Switch Applet. Those are normally meant to indicate that part of the action needs further user input. Both of these just open some app, so IMHO the ellipses are not needed here: the action is complete when the app is started (Edit->Preferences in GNOME apps does not have ellipses for this same reason)
Comment 1 Michael Monreal 2009-08-04 13:14:23 UTC 
Created attachment 139865 [details] [review]
Patch

Still the same... here's the simple patch. Can we please change this for 2.28?

Btw you may want to look into https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568873 which goes a bit further but is independant.
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2009-12-21 20:54:40 UTC 
But the user needs to input information in that app.  The fact it's an app is an uninteresting implementation detail.
Comment 3 Michael Monreal 2009-12-21 23:17:42 UTC 
The HIG says:

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Label the menu item with a trailing ellipsis ("...") only if the command requires further input from the user before it can be performed. Do not add an ellipsis to items that only present a confirmation dialog (such as Delete), or that do not require further input (such as Properties, Preferences or About).
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So that is clearly no ... in both cases.
Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2010-01-13 17:12:30 UTC 
Comment on attachment 139865 [details] [review]
Patch

Thanks.