GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 115956
Cleanup- Menus
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
This bug includes several suggestions for menu cleanups: 1) File menu: -Add a sperator between Properties and Preferences -Possibly move the Properties entry before the printing stuff Rationale: Properties apply to the document whereas Preferences configures Gnumeric. These should be carefully distinguished and so should be separated. The operations in the top part of the menu apply to the current file whereas the lower operations apply to gnumeric. 2)Format Menu: -Drop the "Gnumeric" entry or move to the bottom below a separator -Add a separtor above "Autoformat" Rationale: The hiearchy of formatting options from cells to workbooks is nice, showing the various levels that formatting can be added to a workbook. Autoformat is a different thing, almost like a "Tool", which allows quick pre-defined options. "Formatting" gnumeric is totally different, and actually redundant with the File menu entry. This redundancy is undesireable but if this entry is needed here it should be clearly separated as something distinct. 3) Tools Menu: -Move the Tools menu to the right of the Data menu -Move Auto-correct to the Data menu -Move Auto-Save to the file menu -Change the "Risk simulation" entry to "Simulation" Rationale: The tools menu describes advanced functionality which operates on the current workbook. Data manipulation is more fundamental (e.g. sorting) and so should be to the left. Neither of the auto* is terribly advanced and don't apply in the same way as the other tool menu entries to the workbook. Auto-correct describes an operation during data entry and belongs as an editing or data manipulation option. Auto-save is a file operation which could be grouped either with the file operations of the file menu or in the preferences of the gnumeric preference dialog. Simulation applies to all sorts of problems only some of which involve calculating risks. cheers, adrian
These proposals have been incorporated into the general menu change proposal Bug 116535 closing this request as a duplicate of the more general 116535. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 116535 ***