Section 12. Menus
Menus are lists of functions to perform in the program. There can be a menu at the top of the main program window. Some programs also have popup menus that are activated with a right mouse click. This section provides ideas about how to test menus.
- Does the application contain only one main menu?
- Does each main menu item category have a first letter hot key (underlined letter)?
- Does each main menu item have a hot key?
- Are subsections of a main menu category delimited by a line?
- If a main menu category is very long, has it been broken up into submenus?
- If a main menu item has a shortcut key, is the shortcut displayed with the menu item?
- Does each main menu item have a hot key?
- Is each main menu hot key unique within its particular menu?
- Are non-selectable main menu items grayed out?
- Are all selectable main menu items not grayed out?
- If present are popup menus activated with a right-mouse click?
- Does the popup menu appear close to the mouse cursor?
- Are non-selectable popup menu items grayed out or missing?
- Are all selectable popup menu items not grayed out or present?
- Is each popup menu item clearly labeled as to function?
- Does each popup menu item have a hot key?
- Is each popup menu hot key unique within its own menu?
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