>You don't have to take my advice, but the customer is not always right.

Who is mentioning the customer? It might be the developer.


As a developer and software architect it is my task to find out more about the reasons behind a request before I give an answer or advice.
It certainly is no benefit to anyone to give an (negative) answer and refer to "best pratices" (for whatever that means) without having any clue about the background of the request.
In that case you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

Just take my advice, and ask for the background of a request before you give a "you should not do this as it is not best practise" answer. It really looks very unprofessional

Walter,


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>>>There are several reasons you don't want to do this. The biggest of which is it could render the menu unreadable. In the end though, it is not supported.
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>>A very predictable answer from you. I remember the same answer from you when 10 years ago someone asked how to change the background color of a command button.
>>Whether someone has a valid reason to do so, its not up to you to judge. Not even MS is adhering to their own design guides, so lets not push everyone into that direction.
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>>There might be very valid reasons for this question. You're reply is not very helpfull in any way.
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>>It would have been different, if you asked: "Why do you want to do that and what are you trying to accomplish?" it might have evolved into an interesting discussion rather than trying to kill it.
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>>>>I am looking for put a background image on a popup menu and have it show in the background for each bar. Is this possible? If so, please help.