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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.

1. Does the application contain only one main menu?
2. Does each main menu item category have a first letter hot key (underlined letter)?
3. Does each main menu item have a hot key?
4. Are subsections of a main menu category delimited by a line?
5. If a main menu category is very long, has it been broken up into submenus?
6. If a main menu item has a shortcut key, is the shortcut displayed with the menu item?
7. Does each main menu item have a hot key?
8. Is each main menu hot key unique within its particular menu?
9. Are non-selectable main menu items grayed out?
10. Are all selectable main menu items not grayed out?
11. If present are popup menus activated with a right-mouse click?
12. Does the popup menu appear close to the mouse cursor?
13. Are non-selectable popup menu items grayed out or missing?
14. Are all selectable popup menu items not grayed out or present?
15. Is each popup menu item clearly labeled as to function?
16. Does each popup menu item have a hot key?
17. Is each popup menu hot key unique within its own menu?

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