Name: mt13159 Date: 10/17/2001


In the Windows Look and Feel in Java, disabled menu items do not use the "selected" background color when the mouse hovers over them or when they are keyboard navigated. This is inconsistent with standard windows behavior: run any Windows application with some disabled menu items and hover over them - the menu items are highlighted in the windows selection color.

In addition, keyboard navigating menu items should select disabled menu items. To see this, bring up an application in Windows with at least one disabled menu item. Use the down arrow key to navigate the items. Note that disabled menu items are highlighted even though they are disabled. I believe this may be for the purposes of accessibility, so that screen readers can read disabled menu items as well as enabled ones.
(Review ID: 133735)
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