[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #14894: [QA] Expander settings window tab could use a close button

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  • Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:53:01 -0000

#14894: [QA] Expander settings window tab could use a close button
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   Reporter:  -Meanwhile-            |      Owner:  nobody
       Type:  bug                    |     Status:  closed
   Priority:  normal                 |  Milestone:  Unscheduled
  Component:  Applications/Expander  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:  invalid                |   Keywords:
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Has a Patch:  0                      |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by humdinger):

 This is really a difficult topic... I'm torn. :)

All in all, I'd vote for always having OK and Cancel buttons. Revert and
 Default should be optional.

 Having 4 buttons in a panel is quite a lot...

Especially when settings are applied live, it is not clear at all
 whether it [the window close button] is intuitive to mean Cancel or OK.

 If there's no OK/Cancel buttons, the Close button can only mean "OK". If
 you want to cancel your changes, you need to "Revert" them first.
 Generally, I find this "auto-OK" of settings (i.e. the applying live)
 quite elegant. It may take getting used to, and being a BeOS/Haiku user
 for over 20 years now (blimey), my view may be skewed. I suppose without
 getting the feedback of a significant number of (new) users, we won't
 arrive at the "truth".

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