First menu separator missing

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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First menu separator missing

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No first separator in the "Plugins" menu if no view method by file type is defined so internal and second type of plugins are in one group.

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The plugins menu is divided into up to 3 sections:
1. Together with the "Internal" menu item, plugins will be listed which were defined via the menu item
Options - Configure - Multimedia - Define view method by file type
for this file type
2. Next, plugins are listed whose detection string allows the plugin to be recognized as a match for this file type
3. Finally, all remaining plugins are listed. Here the probability is lowest that the file can be opened with one of them.
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Re: First menu separator missing

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The group separator lines are meant to separate the plugins into sections. It wasn't meant to separate "Internal" from the other groups. So when there are no plugins of type 1, there is also no separator between group 1 and 2 because there is no group 1. In principle, "Internal" is its own group (not part of group 1), so it _should_ always be separated from the plugins. But this would only take valuable space with no benefit.
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But this would only take valuable space with no benefit.
but this will add more logic and consistency - thus pls - add this separator!
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10.50 b4 - still does not have the separator on it's correct place!
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I don't know if it's such a good idea, it makes the menu larger without much benefit.
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For someone who has dozens of plugins in this menu - this menu will not worsen his already difficult life when searching for the right one plug in this list. And those (and there are most of them) - who have a few plugins - no more than 10/15 - will still have enough space for all these elements to take their positions without compromising the overall readability of the list.
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Checkmate is now placed correctly on this first menu item <Internal> - precisely for cases of real use of the functionality of the program's internal plugins. But the absence of a separator still seems to me to be a bad style. It is better that the help section coincides with reality. And for this I would like not to correct the help file ;) namely, to do what is described - place the separator BEFORE the block of plugins which "are listed whose detection string allows the plugin to be recognized as a match for this file type" - like stated at CHM file.
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