Menu items are unavailable

If you click to display menus in your browser or any other programme, you will probably see that some menu items (choices) are greyed out or dim. This means that the choice is not available to you at that time.

For example, when the Open Directory Project web page is first displayed, the first item that I can choose from the Browser Edit menu is Select All. Greyed out are the Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete menu items.

When I click in the Search field and type in a search term or keyword, the Edit menu shows that I can choose Undo. That is, I can undo what I have typed in the Search field.

Note: Some applications or programmes hide the menu items rather than make them grey or dim.