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Change View (Choice) — Reference

Description

Change View is a cascading choice that displays a menu from which the user can choose the view to be presented within the window.

When to Use

Required

Provide a Change View choice in the View menu if your application allows a user to switch among three or more views.

Guidelines

Required

Make Change View a cascading choice; its cascaded menu should list the available views.

Required

Indicate the current view active in the window by displaying that view's choice in the cascaded menu with unavailable emphasis and, optionally, by including a check graphic next to it.

Required

Do not open a new window as a result of activating Change View; instead, display the new view of the element in the current window.

Required

Do not change the underlying data being viewed when the user changes the view.

Essential Related Topics

For more information, see the View and View Menu reference pages.

Supplemental Related Topics

For more information, see the New Window (Choice) reference page.

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