When to use the StdMenu template?

[Roy_043]

Is the StdMenu template documented somewhere? It is not used consistently. When would you use it?

Example:
{{MenuCommand|{{StdMenu|[[Std Edit Menu|Edit]]}} → Preferences}}
Page:
https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Preferences_Editor

[vocx]

Is the StdMenu template documented somewhere? It is not used consistently. When would you use it?

The {{StdMenu}} template was created a long time ago (2014), by renato. https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Template:StdMenu

However, I think that it was essentially abandoned immediately. It was created, used in a few pages, and that's it, nobody else used it again.

Lately, it's being used again, by Kunda, I think, since there's been several simple fixes to various pages.

This template creates a gray rectangle with bolded text inside; I think the idea was that it simulates how the menu looks in the interface in a typical Windows interface. See Standard_Menu. This page was essentially the only one that used this template before the current additions.

Personally, I don't think it makes much sense; it just adds more visual noise to the documentation. The wiki code also looks messy when several layers of brackets are used like that.

[renatorivo]

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Personally, I don't think it makes much sense; it just adds more visual noise to the documentation.

+1

[renatorivo]

StdMenu
I changed the background. It seems more readable to me.
I think we can keep it for Std menu groups, but don't use it for individual menus or commands.

David69 made this change on the English page. I await confirmation before marking the pages. Otherwise I cancel and let David use this on the French page (as I do in Italian).

[Roy_043]

StdMenu
I changed the background. It seems more readable to me.
I think we can keep it for Std menu groups, but don't use it for individual menus or commands.

David69 made this change on the English page. I await confirmation before marking the pages. Otherwise I cancel and let David use this on the French page (as I do in Italian).

I am fine with those changes.

[david69]

well, as i have been translating many wiki pages, when i came to that ones, the format was different and was not consistent with a lot of what i had seen. to complete that observation, i've seen back and forth of format. IMO the simpler the better and '''command''' is far enough.

it's a little bit the same thing with the description of the menu location on the right side of the page. there was a wave of this grey box and now, it's removing. again, i think it's fine without the grey box.

[renatorivo]

Well. Everyone agrees.