Guidelines:Submenus

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A submenu appears when the user focuses its title, which is a menu item in a higher-level menu. It is marked as a title by a small arrow symbol beside its label. In submenus, related commands or settings are grouped in order to shorten the higher-level menu.

Guidelines

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  • Use submenus sparingly, and avoid more than one sublevel.
  • Provide accelerator keys for every item in the submenu (see section Keyboard Accelerators).
  • Organize items in a submenu according to the guidelines (see section Designing Menus).

Rationale

Deep menu hierarchies should be avoided as they are hard to memorize, and physically difficult to navigate.

Implementation Suggestions

Accessibility Notes

See Also

Menus

Related To

Context Menu Drop Down Menu Menu Bar Menu Items