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admin wrote:

j_c_hallgren wrote:However, taking a look at Adobe Photoshop Elements, it uses "Window" for similar menu items...so...maybe 'as is' is best?

Not only Photoshop. "Windows" is the standard label for exactly this stuff.

I don't know if there are any "real" standard, but when it comes to this there seems actually to be 2 different way of doing it.

And the first one, that seems to me the mostly used "standard", is that "Window" gets all MDI related stuff (Cascade, Title, Arrange, window list, etc) while what's hidden/shown (toolbar, statusbar, etc) is actually found under the "View" menu...
I say this is the mostly used because in all soft I just checked (Explorer, Office, PSP, CuteFTP, Maxthon, etc) that's how it goes.

Hence why i suggested to rename "Window" to something like "Layout/Display", as I think this could sound more obvious of what options are to be found here, while for many people "Window" usually is a menu restricted to multi-windows or related options.

jacky wrote:

admin wrote:

j_c_hallgren wrote:However, taking a look at Adobe Photoshop Elements, it uses "Window" for similar menu items...so...maybe 'as is' is best?

Not only Photoshop. "Windows" is the standard label for exactly this stuff.

I don't know if there are any "real" standard, but when it comes to this there seems actually to be 2 different way of doing it.

And the first one, that seems to me the mostly used "standard", is that "Window" gets all MDI related stuff (Cascade, Title, Arrange, window list, etc) while what's hidden/shown (toolbar, statusbar, etc) is actually found under the "View" menu...
I say this is the mostly used because in all soft I just checked (Explorer, Office, PSP, CuteFTP, Maxthon, etc) that's how it goes.

Hence why i suggested to rename "Window" to something like "Layout/Display", as I think this could sound more obvious of what options are to be found here, while for many people "Window" usually is a menu restricted to multi-windows or related options.

MDI related stuff, yes, I think you're right. But ... I guess you remember that all this stuff has been in the View menu originally
"Window" is not too bad for it, and it looks just streamlined-cool. Whereas "Display" or "Layout" would look a bit unusual (which it is).
So: I don't see any need for change here.

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And yes, my vote goes to "Layout."