14.3.6 Adding menu components
14.3.6.1 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.- 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 more logical structure which makes for a better design philosophy.
- 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.
- 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.
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