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submenu vs sub-menu

Both phrases are correct, but 'submenu' is more commonly used in English. The two terms refer to a secondary menu within a main menu, typically found in software applications or websites.
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submenu

This is a correct term commonly used in English.

The term 'submenu' refers to a secondary menu within a main menu, often found in software applications or websites.

Examples:

  • To access more options, click on the submenu located at the bottom of the screen.
  • The submenu provides additional settings for customization.
  • Go to submenu three on your phone.
  • With Tree view, each submenu appears as an indented list.
  • Specifies the maximum number of recently opened files that will be displayed in the "Recent Files" submenu.
  • Display syntax highlighting to edit source code. Use the Sources submenu to select the source code type.
  • This submenu offers access to the filters already created using the Edit Filters dialog. Select on this submenu the filter that will be used in & korganizer; view. If you do not want to use a filter, choose No filter.
  • In this example, we will add & firefox; to the Internet submenu.
  • This submenu is active only if the current type of document supports different page sizes.
  • Using this submenu, you can apply a style that you have previously defined to the currently selected text.
  • This submenu contains all the external tools you have configured.
  • This submenu lets you open an existing session.
  • Disconnect an application from the wallet. Currently connected applications will appear in a submenu.
  • Select the coding of the chars from the submenu.
  • Click the menu items of this submenu to show or hide & korganizer; toolbars.
  • This submenu and the commands it contains are available when playing a file.
  • This submenu is only available for video files.
  • Preview Size submenu of a Tab menu.
  • You can access this submenu from the image window through ColorsAuto.
  • You can access this submenu from the image menubar through EditBuffer.
  • By default this submenu just contains the Python-Fu console.
  • The Transparency submenu contains commands which use or affect the alpha channel of the active layer.

Alternatives:

  • sub-menu
  • secondary menu
  • drop-down menu
  • nested menu
  • hierarchical menu

sub-menu

This is a correct term, but less commonly used in English.

The term 'sub-menu' is an alternative way to refer to a secondary menu within a main menu, often found in software applications or websites.

Examples:

  • The sub-menu contains additional options for editing the document.
  • Navigate through the sub-menu to find the desired feature.
  • Lets you set the difficulty level from a sub-menu.
  • If you notice, the Text sub-menu in the File/Create menu wasn't there when we began -GIMP automatically creates any menus not already existing.
  • Show a sub-menu in which pretty patterns on the 3x3x3 cube can be selected and the moves to create them are demonstrated. There is also an Info item that tells you a little more about such patterns.
  • Show a sub-menu in which sequences of moves used to solve the 3x3x3 cube can be selected and the sequences are demonstrated. There is also an Info item that tells you a little more about such solution moves.
  • This is a shortcut to re-open recently opened projects. The sub-menu belonging to this item contains a list of these projects, clicking on a specific file will open it again.
  • If there is no Settings menu, you can also right click on the toolbar itself, and choose the Toolbars sub-menu from the resulting context menu.
  • (Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another group from the sub-menu, and the contact will move to that group.
  • Opens a sub-menu with a list of the available encoders, so you can rip a selection with another encoder than the standard one. Note, that the encoder should have been configured on the Encoder Configuration tab in the settings dialog.
  • (Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose a group from the sub-menu, and the contact will be copied to group. & im; systems that allow contacts to be in more than one group on the server contact list will be updated accordingly.
  • In previous versions, you could access to this command only by the Edit sub-menu in the Image Menu. Now you can access to it also via this button. See and.
  • Choose a type of puzzle to play from a series of sub-menus graded by difficulty, based on cube dimensions and number of shuffling moves, or use sub-menu item Make your own... to create your own puzzle, using a dialog box.
  • In the Text to Selection drop-down list, the commands are identical to those of the Transparency sub-menu (in fact, the text is formed of areas of different transparency):
  • This entry provides a sub-menu providing links to this document and other & amarok; information.
  • Other functions about layer size are available in the Layer Drop down menu you get by right clicking on the Layer Dialog. You can find them also in the Layer sub-menu of the image menu.

Alternatives:

  • submenu
  • secondary menu
  • drop-down menu
  • nested menu
  • hierarchical menu

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