Re: [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links
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Msg-id CA+OCxoxtqmWWfGsQsxd=3o0oaWPL=QJzX7tgEyYA5y_Bn7n46w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links  (Sarah McAlear <smcalear@pivotal.io>)
Responses Re: [pgadmin4][patch] Remove (...) from links  (Matthew Kleiman <mkleiman@pivotal.io>)
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Hi

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Sarah McAlear <smcalear@pivotal.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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