Types of Menu Items
There are a variety of menu items that you can create in Workbench, each serving a different functional purpose. The following menu bars from the Frame Editor illustrate the different types of menu items:
A summary of these menu items follows:
Slide-off menu
Is a submenu composed of other menu items (for example, Select, Frame Style, and Convert To on the Edit pull-down menu)
Menu separator
Is a divider line that separates menu items into groups. Menu separators are for display purposes only.
Menu button (menu item)
Displays a word or phrase that users click to execute an operation (for example, any of the editing options such as Cut, Copy, Duplicate, and so on, on the Edit pull-down menu)
Menu toggle
Is an option that users can enable or disable (turn on or off). In the previous example, all the menu items on the View pull-down menu are menu toggles; however, only Field Palette and Property Inspector are enabled by default.
Menu list
Displays a set of options from which the user can make one selection. In the previous example, the Frame Style slide-off menu presents a menu list of field style options, with Field Style 1 selected by default.
