Menu-based Interaction -- Overview
3 basic activities:
- Navigation (in menu hierarchy,
information resource, etc.)
- Selection
(of data, parameters, etc.)
- Activation
(of programs, documents, etc.)
Selection
made through mouse, number/character keys, function keys,
cursor keys plus return key, rotating cursor symbol plus return key, touching
on the screen, etc.
Special
case: "analog" menus 
Types
of menus
- Textual menus
-
Graphical menus (icons)
-
Combination of text and graphics
- Linear menus
-
Menus with spatial layout
- Static menus (e.g.,
menu bar)
- Pull-down
menu
- Pop-up
menus
- Single vs. multiple choice
- Isolated
menus
- Connected
menus (mostly hierarchical menus)
- Pie menus
