Closed Bug 87509 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Edit Page should be in the Edit menu

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: mozbugzilla, Assigned: mpt)

References

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.1+) Gecko/20010621 BuildID: 2001062104 Intuitively, if I wanted to edit a page, I would go to the Edit menu and then select Page (or possibly Page in Composer). However, I try this and find nothing there. After searching through all the other menus, I finally find Edit Page under the File menu. This is not at all intuitive and, in my opinion, should be changed.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Changing Platform and OS to All. The File menu includes commands for working with files (Web pages being files in this case): opening, closing, saving, printing etc. Editing a page is just opening it in Composer really, which is why it's in the File menu. That said, the Edit menu does seem a reasonable place to put it. I always thought putting the 'Find in This Page...' and 'Find Again' commands in the Search menu, rather than the Edit menu where they've traditionally been (dates back to early word processors) was logical. Let's see what everyone else thinks.
OS: Windows 98 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Edit Page is in the wrong menu → Edit Page should be in the Edit menu
The edit menu is not a reasonable place to put this. please wontfix/invalid.
With pleasure. The `File' menu is for commands relating to the file; the `Edit' menu is for commands relating to content within the file. The position of `Edit Page' in the `File' menu is logical, is consistent with 4.x, and is consistent with Internet Explorer. WONTFIX.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
> [T]he `Edit' menu is for commands relating to content within the file. In which case, why is Preferences there?
vrfy wont. Preferences don't apply to just the File. you do Edit them. Microsoft has decided preferences belong somewhere else, and I might not be opposed to moving it, but that would be the subject of another bug.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: User Interface Design → Browser-General
*** Bug 196606 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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