- From: Matthew Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:02:38 +1300
On 11 Nov, 2004, at 5:11 AM, Matthew Raymond wrote: > ... > Who's to say the UA couldn't just append the menu to the context > menu? Or append the browser context menu as a submenu? Reasonableness. Shortcut menus (aka context menus) become more difficult to use the more items they have (as closeness to screen edges require that they open in a direction other than southeast), and submenus of shortcut menus are extremely difficult to use for the same reason squared. > Or provide a context button as part of the control? In which case the author might as well use a proper menubutton, with a meaningful icon or label and a position that suits them. > Or allow access to the context menu when an additional key is pressed > (such as alt + [right-click])? > ... That might be possible on Windows, but on Mac OS Option+click is already used for copying, Shift+click for extending selection, Command+click often for grab-scrolling, and Ctrl+click for opening the shortcut menu in the first place. I think we may be venturing into "no practical solution for the platforms some user agents are running on" territory again. -- Matthew Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/
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