On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 15:53 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 15:28 +0200, Frank Niedermann wrote: > > > It is possible to close some Gnome windows with the escape key (example: > > System / Preferences / Keyboard shortcuts) but it is not possible with > > some other windows (example: System / Preferences / Keyboard). > > The HIG is pretty clear about when Esc should close a window: if it's a > dialog with a Cancel button, Esc should do the same as clicking Cancel. > Esc shouldn't close the window under any other circumstances-- it > shouldn't do the same as Close, or any other 'positive' closing action. > > However, this isn't a terribly popular guideline, so some developers > bend the rules a bit :/ We may (or may not) reconsider for the next > version of the HIG.
This is the long-standing and monumentally annoying http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101293 The HIG bug is http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124902 Basically everyone within Novell complained that Esc wasn't closing dialog-looking windows, so for our GTK+ package I added a patch that closes descendants of GtkDialog when the user presses Esc. Our users love it. Federico _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
