[Zope3-dev] Re: RFP: menu item ordering

[Jim Fulton]

Tonico Strasser wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> On a related note, there was some concern about the number of tabs.
>> I agree that we should keep the number of tabs to a minimum.
>> A tab should provide a way of looking at an object. It should display
>> an object from some perspective. It should *not* display something
>> that you can do with the object. For example, "Undo" should not
>> have been a tab (in Z2), but then the Z2 ZMI doesn't provide a menu
>> for things to do (actions).
> 
> 
> Very interesting,
> 
> please, can you explain a bit more how to separate tabs from actions. I 
> quess 'View' should be a tab but 'Edit' an action?

Well, I think of edit as a view. :)

Thinks that are clearly not views imo are things like undo,
security grants, and, oh, say, approval.

Jim

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