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I'm developing a wxPython app under GTK (Ubutnu Linux). I've noticed
that on some applications (i.e. Python's IDLE), the HELP menu is
positioned at the right side of the window under GTK. Under Windows the
HELP menu is just at the right end of the other menus. Other GTK
applications, including the wxPython demo have the HELP menu just at the
right end of the other menus, just as in Windows.

What is the preferred placement of the HELP menu?

If it should be at the right edge of the window under GTK and at the
right edge of the other menus under Windows is there an automatic way to
do this?

Thanks,
Mark

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Mark Erbaugh wrote:

I'm developing a wxPython app under GTK (Ubutnu Linux). I've noticed
that on some applications (i.e. Python's IDLE), the HELP menu is
positioned at the right side of the window under GTK. Under Windows the
HELP menu is just at the right end of the other menus. Other GTK
applications, including the wxPython demo have the HELP menu just at the
right end of the other menus, just as in Windows.

What is the preferred placement of the HELP menu?

If it should be at the right edge of the window under GTK and at the
right edge of the other menus under Windows is there an automatic way to
do this?

The current standard for all platforms is to put it at the right side of the other menus. AFAIK, you can't even make a GTK menu put it at the right side of the window. On unix, TCL's Tk toolkit (what tkinter is built on) emulates the Motif toolkit, which was a common standard back in the late '80s.

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