Buffy/Mozilla: Mail: Compose Menus	UI Specification
Mail Compose Menus	Last Modification:

Author: Jennifer Glick  Creation Date: 26 Dec 2000	Status: Mostly complete
Quicklinks: Compose Menus Context Specific Menus	Feature Team: Engineering:   Scott Putterman, Varada Parthasarathi, Jean-Francois Ducarroz  PM:   Gregg Landskov, Kevin Murray QA:   Laurel Carlson, Olga Milenkaya Docs:  Robin Foster Clark UE:   Jennifer Glick Please post all comments and suggestions regarding this spec to the newsgroup, netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news.

Summary

This document covers the menus for the Mail Compose window. 

Please see the full Compose UE spec for details regarding the Mail Compose Window.

Design Details

Compose Menus

 

File

Edit

View

Insert

Format

Options

Tasks

Help

 

Keyboard shortcuts are different for each platform.

Windows - Ctrl + <key>
Mac - Cmd + <key>, or hold the mouse down for about 1-2 seconds for the context menus to appear.
Linux - Alt + <key>

Windows conventions are show in the table below.

Keyboard mnemonics (Window and Linux) are underlined.

Note:  "[ ]" should not actually be inserted in the menus.  They are a visual placeholder to indicate where a checkbox in front of the menu item is allowed.

 

File	Edit	View
New ---> Attach File... Attach Web Page... Close --- Ctrl+W Save --- Ctrl+S Save As ---> Send Now --- Ctrl+Enter Send Later --- Ctrl+Shift+Enter Page  Setup... Print Preview --- Ctrl+Shift+P Print... --- Ctrl+P Exit --- Ctrl+Q Future? - "New Message using Stationery --->" menu under "New Message" item. File|Send Now: Ctrl+Enter - Win and Linux Cmd+Return - Mac File|Send Later: Ctrl+Shift+Enter - Win and Linux  Cmd+Shift+Return - Mac	Undo --- Ctrl+Z Redo --- Ctrl+Y (Cmd Shift+Z-Mac) Cut --- Ctrl+X Copy --- Ctrl+C Paste --- Ctrl+V Paste as Quotation Delete --- Del Select All --- Ctrl+A Find and Replace... --- Ctrl+F Find Again --- Ctrl+G Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings... Preferences...  No Delete key is shown for the Mac. "Del" for Win and Linux.  Delete menu item follows platform specific behavior.  Forward delete for Windows and Linux, and Backspace delete for Mac. Future? - "Edit HTML source"?	Show/Hide --> Character Coding ---> Message Source Message  Info  Future? - Add "Message Source" and "Message Info"?  "Page Source" and "Page Info" removed for Plain Text messages. "Message Info" is currently "Message Security Info". Should change to "Message Info" with a General and Security tab when Message Info is implemented.
File - New Message --- Ctrl+M Navigator Window --- Ctrl+N Address Book Card Composer Page --- Ctrl+Shift+N Instant Message --- Ctrl++Shift+I		View > Show/Hide [ ] Mail Toolbar [ ] Formatting Toolbar [ ] Status Bar
File - Save As File... Draft Template		View > Character Coding Customize... Western Western Armenian Baltic Celtic Central European Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Cyrillic Cyrillic Cyrillic Greek Japanese Korean Nordic South European Thai Turkish Unicode Vietnamese
File - Print Plus   Print Central Print Supplies Print Services

Insert	Format	Options
Link... --- Ctrl+L Named Anchor... Image... Horizontal Line Table... HTML... Characters and Symbols... Smiley ---> Break Below Image(s) Menu disabled if message being composed in Plain Text.   Smile Frown Wink Tongue-out Laughing Embarrassed Undecided	Font ---> Size ---> Text Style ---> Text Color ... Remove Text Styles --- Ctrl+Shift+Y  Remove Link(s) --- Ctrl+Shift+K Remove Named Anchors --- Ctrl+Shift+A Paragraph ---> List --> Increase Indent --- Ctrl + ] Decrease Indent --- Ctrl + [ Align ---> Table ---> Advanced Properties Page Colors and Background... Unlike Composer/Ender - "Table" is a flyout menu, not its own menu. Menu disabled  if msg being composed in Plain Text. The menu text for the second group of items changes dynamically: When there is a selection, they read: Remove Text Styles Remove Links When the selection is "collapsed" (you have a caret in text), they read: Discontinue Text Styles Discontinue Link Future Feature? - "Rich Text (HTML)" and "Plain Text" added. If "Plain Text" is selected, the Formatting Toolbar (Ender) is removed.	Select Addresses... Check Spelling... Ctrl+K Quote Message Rewrap Return Receipt Format ---> Priority ---> Send a Copy To ---> Security ---> Add  Signature File Future? - "Outgoing (SMTP) Server --> ". "Add Signature File" will keep adding and additional signature file each time it is selected. Disable "Format" menu when composing in Plain text.
	Format > Font [ ] Variable Width [ ] Fixed Width [ ] Helvetica, Arial [ ] Times [ ] Courier	Options > Priority  [ ] Lowest [ ] Low [ ] Normal [ ] High [ ] Highest
	Format > Size Smaller --- Ctrl+ - Larger --- Ctrl+ = [ ] x-Small [ ] Small [ ] Medium [ ] Large [ ] x-Large [ ] xx-Large	Options > Send a Copy To A flyout menu displays the available accounts (and Local Folders if applicable) and each account has a flyout menu which displays its associated folders.
	Format > Text Style [ ] Bold --- Ctrl+B [ ] Italic --- Ctrl+I [ ] Underline --- Ctrl+U [ ] Strikethrough [ ] Superscript [ ] Subscript [ ] Fixed Width --- Ctrl+T  [ ] Nonbreaking [ ] Emphasis [ ] Stronger Emphasis [ ] Citation [ ] Abbreviation [ ] Acronym [ ] Code [ ] Sample Output [ ] Variable	Options > Format  [ ] Auto-Detect [ ] Plain Text Only [ ] Rich Text (HTML) Only [ ] Plain and Rich (HTML) Text
	Format > Paragraph [ ] Body Text [ ] Paragraph [ ] Heading 1 [ ] Heading 2 [ ] Heading 3 [ ] Heading 4 [ ] Heading 5 [ ] Heading 6  [ ] Address [ ] Preformat [ ] Blockquote	Options > Security  [ ] Encrypt This Message [ ] Encrypt This Message if Possible [ ] Do Not Encrypt This Message [ ] Digitally Sign This Message
	Format > Align [ ] Left  [ ] Center  [ ] Right  [ ] Justify
	Format > List None Bulleted Numbered Term Definition List Properties
	Format > Table Insert ---> Select ---> Delete ---> Join with Cell to the Right  Split Cell Create Table from Selection Table or Cell Background Color Table Properties    Format > Table > Insert Table Row Above Row Below Column Before Column After Cell Before Cell After    Format > Table > Select Table Row Column Cell All Cells    Format > Table > Delete Table Row(s) Column(s) Cell(s) Cell Contents  Del

 

Tools	Window	Help
Netscape Search Messages... --- Ctrl+Shift+F  Search Addresses... Switch Profile Password Manger ---> Download Manager Web Development -->   Mozilla Search Messages... --- Ctrl+Shift+F  Search Addresses... Password Manger ---> Download Manager Web Development -->	Netscape Navigator --- Ctrl+1 Mail & Newsgroups --- Ctrl+2 Instant Messenger --- Ctrl+3  Composer --- Ctrl+4 Address Book --- Ctrl+5 Net2Phone --- Ctrl+9 1 Open Window 2 Open Window Mozilla Navigator --- Ctrl+1 Mail & Newsgroups --- Ctrl+2  Chatzilla --- Ctrl+3  Composer --- Ctrl+4 Address Book --- Ctrl+5 1 Open Window 2 Open Window	Netscape Help and Support Center  --- F1  Register Netscape What's New in Netscape <x>? Feedback Center Security Center About Plug-ins About Netscape   Mozilla Help Contents Release Notes  About Plug-ins About Mozilla

Context Specific Menus

Context menus have grown out of proportion in previous releases. It would be useful to limit context menus to only the most frequently performed features.

5.0 Context Menu Structure:
 

Editing Functions (if any) Actions to inner object Actions to container object Object Properties

   

Selected Item	Context Menu
Addressing Area  - HTML and Plain Text Appropriate items grayed if text is not selected.	Undo / Redo Cut  Copy  Paste  Delete  Select All
Subject Field  - HTML and Plain Text Appropriate items grayed if text is not selected.	Undo / Redo Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Select All
Attachment Area  - HTML and Plain Text "Delete" grayed if attachment is not selected. "Select All" grayed if there are no attachments.	Delete  Select All  Add Attachment
Content Area - HTML Text (anywhere in body of message, nothing specific selected)	Cut  Copy  Paste  Paste as Quotation Delete Link...  Named Anchor... Image... Horizontal Line Table... HTML... Characters and Symbols... Smiley ---> Break Below Image(s)
Content Area - Plain Text (anywhere in body of message, nothing specific selected)	Cut  Copy  Paste  Paste as Quotation  Delete Select All
Content Area - Text Selected - HTML Text	Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Remove Text Styles  Link...  Named Anchor... Image... Horizontal Line Table... HTML... Characters and Symbols... Smiley ---> Break Below Image(s)
Content Area - Text Selected - Plain Text

Cut  Copy  Paste  Delete  Select All

Content Area - Link Selected (click anywhere in link and whole link selected)

Link Properties opens the "Link Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Remove Link  Browse to <www.page.com> Open Link in Composer Add Bookmark for Link Copy Link Location Link Properties

Content Area - Named Anchor Selected  

Named Anchor Properties opens the "Named Anchor Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Named Anchor Properties

Content Area - Image Selected

Image Properties opens the "Image Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Save Image as...

Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Create Link using Image Save Image as... Image Properties

Content Area - Horizontal Line selected

Horizontal Line Properties opens the "Horizontal Line Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Cut   Copy  Paste Delete  Horizontal Line Properties

Content Area - Table Cell, nothing selected

Table Properties opens the "Table Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Table --->

Table Cell Row Column

Paste Link...  Named Anchor... Image... Horizontal Line Table... HTML... Characters and Symbols... Smiley ---> Table Properties

Content Area - Table Cell, Item selected

See the menus above for specific item (Text, Image, Named Anchor, Link, H Line).

  Content Area - Whole Table Selected

Table Properties opens the "Table Properties" dialog with info pre-filled as appropriate.

Cut   Copy  Paste  Delete  Table Properties

 

Issues