The context menu for list items
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:33 am
Split off from another UI thread, I find the context menu for list items contains lots of non-list entries that I never use. More confusingly the commands that relate to a SINLGE list item are intermingled with those that relate to ALL list items. Perhaps there is no way to know if a context menu has been triggered from a selected item or not, but they really are different for my needs. I personally never really use the context menu for list-level management, but use it very often for single-item management which I think is how most users would use it?
For a single list item:
• "Change column from ... to..." — this is already available in the context menu of the list HEADER where it makes sense, why give this top spot here?
• "Select references with orphaned attachments" — this doesn't relate to a single item, and is not an often used function.
• Sort by Label — this doesn't relate to a single item, makes more sense in the header or elsewhere.
• Mark all — not single item, but I think this probably is useful as it changes selection from a single item
• Attachment flow... — this is a View UI item in the main menu IMO, not relevant to a single item or the whole list.
• Create tag cloud... — again not a single item feature and not very relevant.
• EMail... — I never ever use this personally.
I personally never use the copy citations ... etc. as i use keyboard or icon but imagine these are all very popular.
I use Pubmed and DOI features much more often and these are buried at the bottom of the menu.
For a single list item:
• "Change column from ... to..." — this is already available in the context menu of the list HEADER where it makes sense, why give this top spot here?
• "Select references with orphaned attachments" — this doesn't relate to a single item, and is not an often used function.
• Sort by Label — this doesn't relate to a single item, makes more sense in the header or elsewhere.
• Mark all — not single item, but I think this probably is useful as it changes selection from a single item
• Attachment flow... — this is a View UI item in the main menu IMO, not relevant to a single item or the whole list.
• Create tag cloud... — again not a single item feature and not very relevant.
• EMail... — I never ever use this personally.
I personally never use the copy citations ... etc. as i use keyboard or icon but imagine these are all very popular.
I use Pubmed and DOI features much more often and these are buried at the bottom of the menu.
