- From: Nate H. <whatwg@heagy.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:48:42 -0600
> First of all, my suggestion is that submenus always have an > associated <menulabel>. I've taken <menulabel> to be a text label specifically and wonder about menus opened from an icon-only, such as would be found on a toolbar. -- Nate ------- heagy.com On 12/13/05, Matthew Raymond <mattraymond at earthlink.net> wrote: > Nathan Heagy wrote: > > While it is true that authors will want to style their menu buttons it's > > not true that every menu item would need a label. In that case nesting > > <menu> inside its label becomes quite ugly with a menu of menus only > > some of which have labels: > > > > <menu> > > <menulabel> > > Foo > > <menu> > > ... > > </menu> > > </menulabel> > > <menu> > > ... > > </menu> > > <menulabel> > > Foo > > <menu> > > ... > > </menu> > > </menulabel> > > </menu> > > First of all, my suggestion is that submenus always have an > associated <menulabel>. If the |type| is "popup" (or "context", as Ian > calls it), then the menu doesn't display unless activated by the > associated menu label element. Additionally, a |for| element can be used > to avoid nesting: > > | <menu type="menubar"> > | <li> > | <menulabel for="menu1">Foo</menulabel> > | <menu id="menu1" type="popup"> > | ... > | </menu> > | </li> > | <li> > | <a href="frobozz.html">Frobozz</a> > | </li> > | <li> > | <menulabel for="menu2">Bar</menulabel> > | <menu id="menu2" type="popup"> > | ... > | </menu> > | </li> > | </menu> > > With this model, you can even pull the menus out nesting altogether: > > | <menu type="menubar"> > | <li><menulabel for="menu1">Foo</menulabel></li> > | <li><a href="frobozz.html">Frobozz</a></li> > | <li><menulabel for="menu2">Bar</menulabel></li> > | </menu> > | > | <menu id="menu1" type="popup"> > | ... > | </menu> > | > | <menu id="menu2" type="popup"> > | ... > | </menu> > > Hmm. The name "context" as a menu |type| is more semantic, but less > accurate in non-context-menu cases, such as popup menus and submenus. > The name "popup" is more general, but more presentational. > -- Nate ------- heagy.com
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