[kepler-dev] [Bug 2359] New: - enable/disable menu items and toolbar items as appropriate

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           Summary: enable/disable menu items and toolbar items as
                    appropriate
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.0.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: interface
        AssignedTo: brooke at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: ldowney at lternet.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org


It is standard design practice to enable/disable menu and toolbar items as 
appropriate.  Matthew mentioned this in bug 2246.  I haven't suggested this as 
of yet because often it involves quite a bit of additional logic to the code.  
But Matthew's mention reminded me of it and it does deserve its own bug.  
Enabling/disabling menu/toolbar items is very useful to users in helping them 
understand what they can do in certain contexts and with certain objects, and 
it also helps decrease menu/toolbar complexity.