[kde-guidelines] Possible guidelines for buttons with menus

[Heiko Tietze]

Am Montag, 5. August 2013, 13:43:54 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> Of course a split button should never be the only way to do something.
> However, I think they can be a good compromise between menu entry and
> toolbar button, or a shortcut.
A toolbar is used for fast access to frequently used function and not to 
present all features. Menu buttons are the opposite to this functionality. In 
respect to your kmail example: extra functions are moved to main menu (where 
they already should be available too), and a new contact would be created by 
Alt+N+C, or the like.

But another argument: How do you provide accessibility? I guess the button can 
be reached by tab (if it's not a toolbar button, of course), and then cursor 
down invokes the menu? And again cursor down goes through the items, with 
enter to execute the function? Does it work with a screen reader?