[Zope3-dev] Re: [AdaptersForMenuItems] Disabling and menu item icons

[Jim Fulton]

Caseman wrote:
> ++added:
> 
>>From Caseman Mon Jan 12 09:28:00 US/Eastern 2004 From: Caseman Date:
> 2004/01/12 09:28 EST Subject: Disabling and menu item icons
> Message-ID: <20040112092846EST at dev.zope.org>
> 
> I noticed that menu items lack an ability to be marked disabled (i.e.,
> still visible but dimmed and not selectable). From the doc string it
> seems that 'available()' means that the item should not be displayed
> at all.

Right.

So, would you suggest another filter to control whether an item is enabled?

> I'm assuming that menus could also be used to define toolbars, which
> would require icons. There is also a convention in modern GUIs for
> many menus to include icons.

Good point.

> Perhaps both of these should be configured with the view rather than
> with the menu itself. Either way I think both are pretty important to
> support.

I think it makes the most sense to configure these are part of the menu
item definition.  This can be an additional feature of the browser menu item
type.

Jim


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