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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference
Clear (Action Choice)
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Description
The Clear choice includes the following:
- Clear
- An action choice that removes selected elements without compressing the
visible space they occupied.
- Clear to Trash
- An action choice that removes selected elements (generally objects)
without compressing the visible space they occupied and puts them into the
trash.
When to Use
- Recommended
- Provide a Clear choice to allow a user to remove an element or group of
elements from a window without compressing the visible space the elements
occupied. For example, provide a Clear choice to allow a user to remove
information from selected rows and columns of a spreadsheet without removing
the rows and columns that contained the information.
Guidelines
- Required
- Include the Clear choice in a pop-up menu on an unselected element only if
it can be removed without compressing the visible state it occupied.
- Required
- Include the Clear choice in a pop-up menu on a selected element only if
the selected elements can be removed without compressing the visible space it
occupied.
- Required
- If only objects are selected, the Clear choice must be unavailable in the
Edit menu; use Clear to Trash on the Selected menu instead. If the selection
scope includes only objects, then Clear must not be in the Edit menu at all.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Delete (Action Choice), Edit (Menu), and
Selected Menu reference pages.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Menu (Control) reference page.
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