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Summary

Make getting to lesser-used commands easy, intuitive, and fast.

Status

Call for Proposals Analyzing Proposals Shaping Tentative Design Implementation in Progress Implemented

Scope

In Scope Out of Scope
  • Focus on toolbar behavior
  • Make it easy to hide and unhide toolbar items
  • Mouse and/or keyboard input
  • Touch input
  • Replace the menu+toolbar paradigm

Definition of Terms

Discussion

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Proposals

Proposal by Mirek2

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Description

Overflow menu

An "overflow menu" would be appended to the end of each toolbar. It would contain overflowing and hidden commands, visually separated from each other.

Customization

The toolbar would be customized by dragging command groups within the toolbar or overflow menu and from or to the overflow menu. Dragging would be detected when a user dragged the element(s) for a specific length to avoid puzzling users with shaky hands that are only trying to select something. The active areas for dropping would be the toolbar, the overflow menu, and a little of the surrounding area.

Icon

A monochrome icon with the "ellipsis" symbol would represent this menu. The dots on the icon should animate when the user is dragging command groups, to signify that commands can be dropped into this menu.

Effects on the current UI

The "Visible Buttons" entry in the toolbar's context menu should be dropped as it would be redundant.

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