NAME
Menu Cascade Button (Control) — Reference
Description
A menu cascade button is a control that contains a cascading
choice from which a pull-down menu can be displayed.
When to Use
- Recommended
Use a menu cascade button to provide choices that
apply to a control or group of controls within a window.
Guidelines
- Required
Do not use menu cascade buttons at the top of a
window in place of a menu bar.
- Required
Do not use menu cascade buttons to provide choices
that apply to the window or the controls in a window as a whole.
Keyboard Navigation
- Required
When focus is on a menu cascade button and the user
presses Select, spacebar,
or Ctrl spacebar,
display the associated pull-down menu and move focus to it.
- Optional
When focus is on a menu cascade button and the user
types ↓, you can display
the associated pull-down menu and move focus to it.
Visual Guidelines
- Required
Except in a window menu button, display a down-arrow
graphic to the right of the cascading choice in a menu cascade button.
For information on bidirectional and vertical language support,
see Chapter 11.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Cascading (Choice Type),
Choice, and Pull-Down Menu (Menu Type)
reference pages.
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