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What should I do with default menu items in MainMenu in the new Cocoa application?


When you create new Cocoa application Xcode generates MainMenu.xib for you with the sets of predefined menu items (File, Edit, Format, View, etc.).

I make a very simple application. I really don't need menu items Edit, Format, View. What is the best practice in this case. Should I remove or keep them? It's look very strange for me that so simple application has so detailed main menu with a lot of disabled items.


Solution

  • If it's not relevant to your application I'd remove them, although if your application involves any text I would keep the Edit menu for Copy/Paste.