>>>I was wondering of what do you think of a menu with long list (18 items)?
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>>>I have 18 lookup tables in the application. And I need to provide user with ability to maintain these tables. Each table has a form (with Edit/Delete/Add,etc.). So I am thinking of having the following tree on the main menu:
>>>File -> Miscellaneous Table Maintenance -> Table 1, Table 2, and so on.
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>>>Is the above reasonable; to have 18 items on the menu? TIA.
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>>One possibility is to have a separate form to pick the table to edit. So, Maintenance form menu / Selector form -> particular form.
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>This is how it works now but all my look-up tables currently "reside" in one physical table. I am "braking" one physical tables into many. I could probably hook up each table maintenance into this one (current) form. It is possible. I just wanted to see what others think of the UI design with many items.
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>Thank you!

18 menu items looks too much for me. (can not spell exessive ? in IE without a spell check).