Re: [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links
Date: 2017-04-03 15:17:57
Message-ID: CA+OCxoxtqmWWfGsQsxd=3o0oaWPL=QJzX7tgEyYA5y_Bn7n46w@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> Hi Hackers!
>
> A lot of the links in the app's dropdown menu had a trailing (...), which
> made it seem like there was truncated text. This makes it harder to read and
> can be confusing. This patch removes the ellipses.

That is an extremely long-standing convention to denote a menu option
that will open a new window/dialog before taking the action, rather
than taking the action immediately.

See the menus in pretty much any Apple or Microsoft application for examples.

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