[GH-ISSUE #67] Design Principles > Menu re-arrangement suggestion #59

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opened 2026-02-28 01:22:58 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:22:58 +03:00

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Originally created by @olliebennett on GitHub (Dec 22, 2012).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ushahidi/SMSSync/issues/67

I can see that effort has been made to keep the required menu elements within view, when switching between the three panes (pending / sent / sync url), the possible menu buttons change.

I think an improvement, in line with the google recommended design guidelines^†, would be to move these into a drop-down menu for extra options by default. It would be nice to have access to the settings page from all tabs, for example, and it would also allow a brief word or two describing what the action would do. This is particularly important, since some of the icons are not self-explanatory themselves.

To give a better idea of this issue, viewing the screen in landscape or portrait gives different options (at least on my device). Screenshots of inconsistencies attached. :)

As you can see, the above menu layouts are inconsistent. It's great that only relevant options are available, but in portrait mode there's not enough space for this. I'm suggesting we use one of these (which should solve all the problems):

^† in particular, Android Developers > Design Principles > Only show what I need when I need it.

Originally created by @olliebennett on GitHub (Dec 22, 2012). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ushahidi/SMSSync/issues/67 I can see that effort has been made to keep the required menu elements within view, when switching between the three panes (pending / sent / sync url), the possible menu buttons change. I think an improvement, in line with the google recommended design guidelines<sup>&dagger;</sup>, would be to move these into a drop-down menu for extra options by default. It would be nice to have access to the settings page from all tabs, for example, and it would also allow a brief word or two describing what the action would do. This is particularly important, since some of the icons are not self-explanatory themselves. To give a better idea of this issue, viewing the screen in landscape or portrait gives different options (at least on my device). Screenshots of inconsistencies attached. :) ![landscape_portrait](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1068525/28258/0791e80c-4be3-11e2-9cc4-652458fb5a40.png) ![landscape_sync_edit](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1068525/28260/49d993cc-4be3-11e2-9dde-1a2e36456f8f.png) As you can see, the above menu layouts are inconsistent. It's great that only relevant options are available, but in portrait mode there's not enough space for this. I'm suggesting we use one of these (which should solve all the problems): ![more](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1068525/28265/0b9bdbaa-4be4-11e2-877a-8da60240b1c0.png) <sup>&dagger;</sup> in particular, **Android Developers** > **Design Principles** > **[Only show what I need when I need it](http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/principles.html#only-show-when-i-need-it)**.