As contrasted with the list and the menu, the local menu is a visual deckhouse of
active applications. The local menu has the following distinctive features:
The local menu displays additional characters during operation of an application.
The local menu gives a multiple choice of operations in contrast to the dialog box and messages windows.
After making a choice the local menu disappears and the user is returned to the main application screen.
The local menu appears at the top of the application screen and includes a header and items.
The header is for auxiliary messages and in contrast to the standard header and is shown in black
background.
The header font is white bold and the header text is flush left. If there is not room on the screen vertically
for the local menu items, white color scroll arrows <upwards/downwards> will be designated in the right
portion of the header.
Items of the local menu cannot be edited; however, their appearance is similar to that
of the list items. Items of the local menu have only one field - the name field - as contrasted with the
list items. The name font is in boldface. If the local menu item can produce a dialog box, then the item must
end with an ellipses [...] (for example, the "Death…" item in the "Life" application in the following local menu).
Edit rules for
Neighbors
Death...
Birth
Let's enter the following terms:
"Lmenu" the first kind - It's the local menu with rounded corners and with a header.
(In the figure above, there is a minor error; the corners should be round.)
"Lmenu" the second kind - It's the local menu with rectangular corners and without a header.
For example, the local menu in the "Chat" application which appears when we select a partner:
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In any current local menu item, the background and foreground
colors are inverted.
In the initial state the uppermost item of the local menu is active.
The local menu is located at the top of an application screen. The width of the menu
is dictated by the maximum length of the item's name + 16 pixels. Limitation of height size is the number of
items plus 4 pixels below.
The keyboard layout of operation using the local menu is as follows:
Keys <UP ARROW> and <DOWN ARROW> are used to move items up and down.
Key <ENTER> is used to execute a dialog box or to select any operation.