[maemo-developers] Submenues in Fremantle

[From: Tim]

Hi Till,

There aren't separate tutorials/guides really. There are some specific 
tutorials and the Hildon Human Interface Guide 
(http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/hig/html/). I linked you to a wiki 
page where we're attempting to proofread/rewrite the HIG so that it's 
easier to read and follow.

 > - Is there are trick to add seperators or the like to a HildonAppMenu?

I'm not sure if there's a code-based way to add a "horizontal rule" 
(someone here should know), but it shouldn't be too difficult to add a 
graphical element (e.g., a one-pixel line) as a separator.

Anyway, hopefully someone will answer that question for you.

 > - Can i add a title? I'd like if the submenues are somehow titled like
 >   the main menu entries they were reached from.

Again, I can't tell you how to add title, but I can tell you how they 
should act and what they should look like:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Proof-read_Human_Interface_Guidelines/Windows/Properties_of_Windows

Tim


Till Harbaum / Lists wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i already tried this and it looks much better than the extra windows.
> Why are there different tutorials/style guides for this?
>
> There are just one or two things i'd like:
>
> - Is there are trick to add seperators or the like to a HildonAppMenu?
> - Can i add a title? I'd like if the submenues are somehow titled like
>   the main menu entries they were reached from.
>
> Till
>
> Am Sonntag 05 Juli 2009 schrieb Tim:
>> Till,
>>
>> Have you tried to create new Sub Views for each of the submenu items?
>>
>> http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Proof-read_Human_Interface_Guidelines/View_Menu
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> maemo-developers-request at maemo.org wrote:
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:58:14 +0200
>>> From: "Till Harbaum / Lists"<lists at harbaum.org>
>>> Subject: Submenues in Fremantle
>>> To:maemo-developers at maemo.org
>>> Message-ID:<200907042058.14691.lists at harbaum.org>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i am just changing my apps to use the HildonAppMenu under
>>> Fremantle. These apps (gpxview and osm2go) use submenus,
>>> so i either reduce the number of menues entries or find a replacement
>>> for submenues.
>>>
>>> While i was pretty successful doing the first i still need a submenu
>>> here and there. I found this example:
>>>     http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/tutorial/html/ch10.html
>>> using seperate windows for this.
>>>
>>> I have two problems with this (the current version of gpxview in
>>> extras-devel is doing it this way):
>>>
>>> 1) Consistency: Why is nokia telling us that clicking outside a dialog
>>> is a natural way of closing it if at the same time they introduce an
>>> explicit close button for submenues this way (you need to click
>>> the back arrow in the upper right corner to close such a "submenu")?
>>>
>>> 2) They look ugly
>>>
>>> I tried to use a seperate hildonappmenu via hildon_app_menu_popup,
>>> but wasn't successful (just nothing pops up).
>>>
>>> So my question: Is there a nice and consistent solution for submenues
>>> in fremantle?
>>>
>>> Till
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>
>
>

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