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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference
Options (Menu)
Reference
Description
Options is a cascading choice that appears as a menu-bar item. It provides
access to other menu items that enable a user to customize an application.
When to Use
- Recommended
- Provide an Options menu-bar item in each window that allows the user to
tailor the appearance or behavior of the application.
Guidelines
- Required
- Provide choices in the Options menu that are specific to the application
overall, not just to a particular view.
- Required
- Changes resulting from choices made in the Options menu do not change the
underlying data being viewed.
- Recommended
- Provide choices in the Options menu that display dialogs through which the
user can set default application options, such as whether New and Open opens a
new window or replaces the contents of the current window.
- Recommended
- Provide choices in the Options menu (or in a dialog displayed via the
Options menu) through which the user can set a level of expertise. Allow these
settings to control the choices that appear in menus and the degree of
explanation and assistance that the application provides.
- Required
- Do not use choices in the Options menu to set properties of objects or
elements; use a Properties choice instead.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Menu Guidelines and Object reference
pages.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Help (Menu/Action Choice) reference page.
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