Common Desktop Environment: Style Guide and Certification Checklist

Menu Bindings

MENU is the virtual mouse button used to obtain popup menus. On a two-or three-button mouse, with separate SELECTION and TRANSFER:

MENU

mouse button 3 on a three- button mouse, or Alt+mouse button 1 on atwo-button mouse.

On a one-, two-, or three-button mouse, with integrated selection and transfer:

MENU

mouse button 3 on a three-button mouse, or mouse button 2 on a two-button mouse, or Alt+mouse button 1 on a one-button mouse.

Table B-5 Menu Bindings

Operation Name 

Key Bindings 

Spring-Loaded Popup Menu 

MENU Press 

Persistent Popup Menu 

MENU Click 

Spring-Loaded pull-down Menu 

MENU Press 

Persistent pull-down Menu 

MENU Click