On 06.09.2008, at 01:57, Michael Sweet wrote: > Greg Ercolano wrote: >> ... >> ..so all the time my users are often hitting the 'Cancel' >> button after browsing to a directory. >> >> If it's not in the API, I'd like to make an STR for it.. > > If the major desktops are putting OK on the right, then let's > standardize on that and update the FLTK HIG document to follow. > > We'll need to update the color and file choosers, fl_ask/fl_choice, > and all of the dialogs in FLUID.
Gnome has OK on the right: <http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/windows-alert.html.en#alert-button-order > So has OS X: <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/chapter_18_section_7.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000961-BACFBACB > Oh, and Microsoft changed their link, so we need to update that in our docs. They have mixed and messed it up as expected. The file chooser has "cancel" on the right while the print dialog features "Apply" on the right, "cancel" in the middle, and "Print" on the left. The color chooser moves the OK/Cancel pair all the way to the left, and some dialog boxes stack OK and cancel on the top right. But generally, it is OK/Cancel vs. cancel/OK on pretyy much every other platform. (interestingly, the same "Print" dialog that is mentioned as "standard" in the docs is also taken as an example of incorrect usage of "Apply" in another chapter ;-) <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511274.aspx> Or to sum it up: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_guidelines> ---- http://robowerk.com/ _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
