Re: [Usability] presence of copy/paste option

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 19:01, James Kraetz wrote:
> I noticed today, while writing a letter in evolution, that if I
> highlight text from a message and right click, there are absolutely no
> 'edit' functions (copy/cut/paste), despite the rather expansive menu. Is
> there any standard for the presence of text edit functions in right
> click menus?

Yes, from
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/menus-types.html#menu-type-popup:

Order items on a popup menu as follows:

      * the double-click action for the object, when it exists
        
      * other commands and settings in expected frequency-of-use order
        
      * transfer commands such as Cut, Copy, and Paste
        
      * Input Methods, where applicable. Input Methods is provided by
        GTK+ for supporting alternatives to the keyboard for input (such
        as used for Japanese, Chinese, and some accessibility
        technologies).
        

Cheeri,
Calum.

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