View

Source: CUA; Windows

Use the View menu to contain components for changing the user's view of the data. The default view is the setting users would most likely want in a given situation but is changeable by the user.

The View menu is located in the following relative position:

Characteristics

• The View menu on the menu bar contains commands the user controls. After a user selects a View, the next invocation of the subsystem displays the last selected user view.

• Do not use the word view anywhere else in your application other than for the View menu.

• Commands on the View menu cannot change the actual data displayed, but can change the amount of data displayed for each displayed element, the order in which it is displayed, or its appearance.

• Exact contents are application-specific, but should all be related to viewing the current data on the screen.

• Always use the check box in the View menu to explicitly show the current view. (In Windows, a bullet is used to mark the current View).

• The View menu commands maintain the View last set by the user. The system must never change the user's view after the user has set it.