10. Action Bars and Pull Down Menus

10.1 What Is an Action Bar & Pull Down Menu? 10.2 Overview of Action Bar Layout and Processing Logic 10.3 Overview of Pull Down Layout and Processing Logic 10.4 CUA 1989 Considerations and Commitments 10.5 The LANSA Implementation of Action Bars 10.6 The Action Bar Control Table 10.7 Invoking an Action Bar as a Process 10.8 Using an Action Bar From a Function

10.9 Exit and Cancel Key Handling in Action Bars 10.10 Switching to/from Action Bar Logic 10.11 Action Bar Accelerator Keys 10.12 Action Bar Help Processing 10.13 Action Bar Security Considerations 10.14 Action Bar Application Design Considerations 10.15 Architecture of Action Bars 10.16 Action Bar Panel Design Considerations 10.17 Action Bar Programming Considerations 10.18 Action Bar Programming Examples with Frequently Asked Questions

The key component of the CUA 1989 standards for action bar driven systems is that of the Object-Action approach to application design.

Refer to the IBM supplied CUA manual Common User Access: LANSA Basic Interface Design Guide (SC26-4583) for more details of the Object-Action approach to design. Refer especially to the chapter Action Bar and Pull-Downs and the Appendix Designing an Object-Action Orientated Application.