Message in Message-bar

byte-one · Post by **byte-one** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:16 am

If an menue-entry are disabled, the message of this menu-entry should not be displayed in message-bar!?

James Bott · Post by **James Bott** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:09 am

>If an menue-entry are disabled, the message of this menu-entry should not be displayed in message-bar!?

Standard Windows app behavior is that the message IS displayed--at least in the couple of apps that I looked at.

James

byte-one · Post by **byte-one** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:46 am

Mh, when I cannot click on this menu-entry, I am not interesting whats happen with this!? Thanks for your answer!

James Bott · Post by **James Bott** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:58 pm

Byte-One,

>Mh, when I cannot click on this menu-entry, I am not interesting whats happen with this!?

In the case when a menu selection is not available because it is either irrelevant, not a current option, or dependent on some condition (that is not current) then I think it is good that the the user can at least see what the menu choice does. If a user is not interested, then they can just not look at the message.

When menu choices are never available to a user because of their security level, then I just don't even put those items on the menu (they are skipped when building the menu in the code). This is less confusing and the menu is simpler for those users. Also, showing them something that they are not allowed to use does not make them feel very important so I think is better that they don't even know it is missing.

Regards,
James