Menu bar
The menu bar is 20 pixels high at the bottom of the screen and contains the two soft
keys shown in the following figure. The menu bar font is 10-point bold Nina.
Soft key tray
Smartphone uses two soft keys to display menus and action options to the user. The user
can activate a soft key by pressing the corresponding hardware button located
physically near the display.
The menu bar is part of the device shell UI; it is context sensitive and can be changed
dynamically by an application. For example, in the Contacts list view the soft keys are
New and Menu. When the user starts to create a new contact in the edit view, the soft
keys change to Done and Menu.
Different soft keys in menu bar
Applications should use the right soft key to display the menu and the left soft key as a
context-sensitive Action button. For example, the left soft key in the edit view of the
preceding figure is Done. The left soft key may appear even when there is no label on
the right soft key, as shown in the following figure.
Left soft key with no right key
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