A menu is a list of frequently-used commands that help you manage windows and operate software applications.
Choosing a menu command performs an associated action. For example, choosing Minimize from a window menu turns the window into an icon.
Some of the most common menus are:
Software application menus:
Menus that "pull down" from the application's menu bar.
Menus that "pop up" on an application or on a desktop object.
(1) An application's menu pulled down from a menu bar.
(4) A desktop object menu popped-up from the object.
Menu commands that have mottled labels are inactive. These commands are only available under certain conditions. For example, the Restore command is available in a window menu only when the window is an icon.
An underlined character in a command is called a mnemonic. A key sequence listed to the right of some commands is called an accelerator. Both mnemonics and accelerators provide you with quick keyboard access to menu commands.
To choose a command from a window menu |
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Mouse.
Click mouse button 1 on the window menu button to display the menu.
Or, if the window is an icon, click the icon.
Click a menu command.
Or, you can use the dragging method:
Hold down mouse button 1 as you drag the pointer through the menu.
When you reach the command, release the mouse button.
To close the menu without choosing a command, click anywhere off the menu.
Keyboard.
Press Alt+Tab until you reach the window or window icon.
Press Alt+space bar to display the window menu.
Press the command's mnemonic, the underlined character.
To close the menu without choosing a command, press ESC.
The window menu. The window menu provides easy access to services that control the behavior of the window.
- Restore
Turns an icon back into a window. This item is active only when the window is an icon
or mazimized.
- Size
Interactively changes the size of the window. This item is inactive in the icon's menu.
- Minimize
Turns the window into an icon.
- Maximize
Enlarges the window to its greatest allowable size.
- Lower
Puts the window on the bottom of the stack of overlapping windows in a workspace.
- Occupy Workspace
Displays a dialog to select the workspaces in which the window should appear.
- Occupy All Workspaces
Displays the window in all workspaces.
- Unoccupy Workspace
Removes the window from the current workspace. This item is inactive if the window is displayed in only one workspace.
- Close
Closes the window, removing it from the workspace
To choose a command from the Workspace menu |
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Move the pointer over the workspace backdrop.
Hold down mouse button 3 as you drag the pointer through the menu.
When you reach your choice, release the mouse button.
The Workspace menu can only be accessed with the mouse.
The Workspace menu contains commands that help manage the workspace.
- Shuffle Up
Puts the bottom window (in a stack of overlapping windows) on the top of the stack.
- Shuffle Down
Puts the top window (in a stack of overlapping windows) on the bottom of the stack.
- Refresh
"Repaints" the screen should the display become unreadable.
- Minimize/Restore Front Panel
Turns the Front Panel into an icon. When selected a second time, restores the Front Panel.
- Restart Workspace Manager
Stops then restarts the Workspace Manager after you have customized configuration files.
- Log out
Begins the logout process, the same as pressing the exit button in the Front Panel.
To choose a menu command with the mouse |
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Clicking method.
Display the menu:
For a menu bar menu, click the menu name using mouse button 1.
For a popup menu, click inside the application using mouse button 3.
For an object's popup menu, click the object with mouse button 3.
Click the command.
To close the menu without choosing a command, move the pointer off the menu, and click the mouse button a second time.
Dragging method.
Hold down the mouse button as you drag the pointer through the menu:
For a menu bar menu, use mouse button 1.
For a popup menu, use mouse button 3.
Release the mouse button when you reach the command.
To close the menu without choosing a command, move the pointer off the menu and release the mouse button.
To choose a menu command with the keyboard |
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Menu bar.
Press Alt+Tab until you reach the application window.
Press Alt+mnemonic, the underlined character, to
display the menu.
Press the command's mnemonic.
Or, use the arrow keys to move to the command, and press Enter.
Popup menus.
Press Alt+Tab until you reach the application window or desktop object.
Press f4 to display the popup menu.
Press the mnemonic.
Or, use the arrow keys to move to the command, and press Enter.
To close the menu without choosing a command, press ESC.
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