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SPECTRUM Menu Type Descriptions
SPECTRUM Menu Type Descriptions
SPECTRUM uses several types of menus. Menu contents depend on your
security access level and on the features and functions your network
administrator provides. The following menu types are available in most
SPECTRUM operations.
Pull-down Menus
Pull-down menus are located in the menu bar across the top of most
SPECTRUM windows. You open a pull-down menu by clicking on a menu title
with the left mouse button. To make a selection within an open pull-down
menu, click on the selection. To close a pull-down menu without making a
selection, move the pointer off the menu and click the left mouse button.
At times, a pull-down menu selection is not available and the selection
appears in a lighter shade (grayed-out) than other selections in the menu. To
make such a selection available, you may need to perform a preliminary
operation, such as selecting an icon.
Popup Menus
Popup menus provide a shortcut to the Icon Subviews menu and Popup
Navigator features. Click with the pointer anywhere in a SPECTRUM window
to access the Navigate function or place the pointer on a particular icon and
right click to access the Icon Subviews menu for that model. These features
are discussed in greater detail in Popup Menus later in this chapter.
Submenus
Some selections in a pull-down menu present submenus. The existence of a
right arrow (
➝
) character or a triangle ( ) to the right of a menu selection
designates a submenu. Placing the mouse pointer on a submenu item and
clicking the left mouse button opens the submenu. To close the submenu,
select another option from the parent menu, or move the pointer off the pull-
down menu entirely and click the left mouse button.
Tear Off Menus
The Tear Off feature keeps a menu open and accessible. This is helpful when
using pull-down menus frequently. When tearing off a menu, the menu