19.4.6.1 Standard menu components
A standard menu component can be used to group related menu commands that would otherwise be placed as direct children of the menu bar they populate. This offers several advantages.
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Related menu items (such as
Cut
,
Copy
, and
Paste
) are grouped with respect to their code definitions, as well as their physical location in an interface. This encourages a logical structure which makes for a good design.
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Using standard menu components to group related items is particularly useful when re-arranging a menu system. Groups of items may be moved in one action, rather than moving each item individually.
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Grouping items together using standard menu components adds a separator which improves the physical appearance of any menu.
Click
Component
in the button bar to add a standard menu component to the current interface. Menu components must be added as the children of a menu. Menu components are not visible in the interface skeleton until at least one item or submenu has been added, using the
Item
or
Menu
buttons.
Menu items added to a standard menu component appear as standard menu items in that component.
LispWorks IDE User Guide (Windows version) - 22 Dec 2009