Motif and Common Desktop Environment: Style Guide Certification Checklist Migration Version

Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Certification Checklist

Delete (Action Choice)

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If only objects are selected, the Delete choice should not be available in the Edit menu. Provide Delete to Trash in the Selected menu instead. If the selection scope includes only objects, then do not provide Delete in the Edit menu.

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In an editable selection scope, any operation that deletes a region (not containing objects) has the following effect if something is currently selected in the scope:

In normal mode

Deletes the selection.

In add mode

If the cursor is not outside of the selection, deletes the selection.

In add mode

If the cursor is outside of the selection, deletes the specified region, possibly including part of the selection.

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In an editable selection scope, pressing Delete and Backspace have the following effects if the cursor is within text and the selection is not empty and contains no objects:

In normal mode

Deletes the selection.

In add mode

If the cursor is not outside of the selection, deletes the selection.

In add mode

If the cursor is outside of the selection, pressing Delete deletes the character following the cursor and pressing Backspace deletes the character preceding the cursor.

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When nothing is selected in an editable selection scope, and there is a character following the text cursor, pressing Delete deletes it.

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When nothing is selected in an editable selection scope, and there is a character preceding the text cursor, pressing Backspace deletes it.