> On April 20, 2015, 10:36 p.m., Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > > What would likely be confusing is that the two button modes have different > > interaction flows: The "End Process" mode requires to first select a > > process and then press the button to work, whereas the "Kill specific > > window" mode requires to first press the button and then select the window > > to kill, and users have no easy way to understand how each one works and > > why they work differently. > > > > The ellipsis in the label "End Process..." adds to that confusion. It > > indicates that further input is necessary before the action can take > > effect. While the button does open a dialog to confirm killing the selected > > process, ellipses are actually reserved for actions where a dialog asks for > > new information, such as the "Save As..." button, not for actions that > > require confirmation. > > > > To avoid this confusion, it should be possible to also click "End > > Process..." even if no processes has been selected, whuch would then ask > > the user to select the process to kill. This could theoretically be done > > similarly to the "Kill specific window" function: Click the "End > > Process..." button and then click the process in the list that you want to > > end. Alternatively, if no process had been selected when "End Process..." > > is clicked, a dialog could be opened where the process to kill would be > > selected. Of course the current flow of ending a process could and should > > still work. > > Gregor Mi wrote: > Thanks for the feedback! The ellipsis in "End Process..." is the original > design. According to your explanation this was wrong in the first place. What > about removing the ellipses in both menu items so we will end up with "End > Process" and "Kill a specific window"?
"Kill specific window" does always need additional input until it really does something, doesn't it? As I understood it merely changes the cursor to the kill cursor and then the user has to select the window to kill, right? - Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122249/#review79262 ----------------------------------------------------------- On April 20, 2015, 10:24 p.m., Gregor Mi wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122249/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated April 20, 2015, 10:24 p.m.) > > > Review request for KDE Base Apps, Martin Gräßlin, John Tapsell, and Thomas > Pfeiffer. > > > Repository: libksysguard > > > Description > ------- > > Current situation: > The "End Process..." button has a tooltip which says "To target a specific > window to kill, press Ctrl+Alt+Esc at any time." The keyboard shortcut is > hardcoded. > > New: > Replace the "End Process..." button with a drop-down button and a action > named "Kill a specific window..." > > > Diffs > ----- > > CMakeLists.txt 66899e577a03786d894423a8f1ce5b3aeed6de8a > processui/CMakeLists.txt 7f87b85e0201e63d69070a71203bbb34851a79c6 > processui/ProcessWidgetUI.ui e50f55cf1813b00d49b1716023df487ffbd536e3 > processui/ksysguardprocesslist.cpp 450ca600b8aed7ca611ec638610b6c524c96080c > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122249/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > > File Attachments > ---------------- > > New End Process button with drop down arrow > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/01/28/16301e88-e21b-4358-9a63-a85dae5722bd__screenshot_default1.png > new submenu > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/04/10/eeaecc88-20bc-46d6-9c65-50ba4a7c182a__submenu.png > > > Thanks, > > Gregor Mi > >
