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User ab changed the following:
What |Old value |New value
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
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Resolution| |WONTFIX
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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 9 06:43:25 -0800
2006 -------
ab: I don't agree to "it makes more sense to select dialog plus controls,
since that is what you want in most cases". I think it makes much sense
to allow both selecting the dialog alone (by clicking on the border) and
selecting dialog plus all controls (by drawing a frame). A good reason
for selecting the dialog object only is to move it relative to all its
controls. But far more important: Moving is not the only reason for selec-
ting a control or the dialog object. Often the object's properties should
be modified. If someone wanted to modify the dialog object's properties
it wouldn't be very helpful if all controls are also selected automatical-
ly. It's also much more consistent if a click on a control or the dialog
just selects this only object. By the way: The VB form editor does also
work like this. Now we have one way to select the dialog only and one
way to select it including all controls and both ways are easy enough in
my opinion. So why should we give up one way and loose flexibility?
Now to the controls outside the form: One reason I can see is that it al-
lows to place alternative controls or control layouts beside for testing
reasons while designing a dialog. Maybe I want to test different layouts
and so I don't have to delete controls directly to make them "unvisible".
Anyway I wouldn't ask, what's the purpose of allowing controls to be pla-
ced outside the dialog window. I would ask what should be the purpose of
_not_ allowing it? Nobody has to place them outside if he doesn't want
to, so what do we win by preventing everyone from doing so.
-> Setting to WONTFIX
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