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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Certification Checklist

Object

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In the pop-up menu associated with an object, provide access to the actions the user will need to perform with the task.

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Make the default action of an object be the action the user is most likely to want to perform with the task.

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Allow a user to change the default action of an object.

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Make a default action open a window that displays a view of the object (showing its contents), present an accessible user interface, or both. This is not required if the object is best presented in a nonvisual medium (for example, it contains audio and its default action is Play).

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Allow an object to be named or otherwise identified uniquely within a scope that contains multiple objects.

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If the default action opens a view on an object, and the view is already open, use properties that the user can set to determine whether to do one of the following:

  1. Surface the view (recommended by default)

  2. Open a new view on the object

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    When the user opens a view of an object, do not remove the icon from which the view was opened.

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