Hi Jonathan, thanks for the report. I suspect in different OSs there may be more differences. This kind of polishing has usually lower priority, so it is often overlooked, but I agree, important for the project. Could you please open a ticket, if not already there? Cheers.
On 13/05/19 02:03, Jonathan Moules wrote: > Hi List, > > There seems to be some inconsistent ordering and usage of the buttons on > dialogs. Does QGIS have developer guidelines on this? > > Largely it's fairly consistent but sometimes button orders seem > incongruous. Also the use of "Cancel" versus "Close". > > For example, Raster > "Raster Calculator" has: Ok, Cancel, Help > > Raster > "Align Rasters": Ok, Close, Help > > All the other data processing tools I looked at (not all) (Vector and > Raster menus) were consistent: Run, Close, Help > > Data Source Manager: (other buttons), Close, Add, Help > > Add new service/database dialog: Ok, Cancel, Help > > CRS Dialog: Ok, Cancel, Help > > Project settings: OK, Cancel, Apply, Help > > Options: Ok, Cancel, Help > > Style Manager: Close, Help > > > ---- > > The ones that particularly jump out at me are: > > * "Align Raster" using "close" not "cancel" > > * Project Settings has an "Apply" but "Options" doesn't. > > * Apply and Add seem to come after cancel/close but ok/run always comes > before. Shouldn't add/apply be to the left? > > * Data processing tools seem like they should be "Cancel" as they're > Do/Do-Not dialogs. > > These are minor things but consistency in the UI makes the application > much easier to use as it lowers the cognitive burden on the user. > > (3.4.3) > > Cheers, > > Jonathan > > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS.ORG Chair: http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
