On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 17:08 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote: > > 1) Anytime there is a "cancel" button visible to the user, "Escape" > > should activate the "cancel" button. > > In GTK+ HEAD and GTK+ 2.6.4 I can verify that Escape is bound to the > CANCEL button in dialogs, if there is any present. Otherwise it doesn't > do anything.
I didn't know that. :) > > 2) Any dialog box should also be "Escape"able defaulting to the same > > effect as pressing the "X" to close the dialog window. > > Do you think this is desirable in all situations? Shouldn't we exclude > "Apply" dialogs (possible data loss)? Maybe my definition of an "Apply" dialog is incorrect but aren't "Apply" dialogs going against the "instant apply" methodology of GNOME? I was under the impression these were disappearing over time. Besides, if I'm pressing Escape I don't want the changes I made to take place. Otherwise I'd have taken the time to click "Apply" (or press alt+a). > Note that we already act that way in many situations (we close menus and > cancel drags on escape). Nice! I really had no idea that these things worked as much as you're reporting. Time for me to experiment. -- Kevin C. Krinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Open Door Software Inc. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
