Re: preferences dialog

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> Am Die, den 07.09.2004 schrieb msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au um 14:19:
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 14:06 +0200, Robert Staudinger wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> regarding http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6868 :
>> >> Is the Preferences' dialog "Revert" button supposed to restore
>> defaults
>> >> or the previous state of the buttons?
>> >
>> > Just thinking out loud here: why not name the button "Defaults", and
>> > restore the default settings when pressed. Revert seems to me a bit
>> > vague in what it should do. All platforms would need this change then
>> of
>> > course... Any ideas?
>> >
>>
>> I like this idea. I didn't know what "revert" ment either.
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> So should the "Reset Defaults" (former Revert) button reset the current
> notebook tab only or all the preferences available in the dialog?
>
> Both approaches seem to have their problems:
> - Resetting all prefs changes values which are hidden away in the other
> tabs at the moment of clicking.
> - Resetting the current tab only is a pain if everything should be
> reset.
>

I like "reset everything to defaults". Kind of like a huge PANIC button.
"Press me and things will be sane again."

Cheers

Martin

> Hmm, should we even do an own "Defaults" tab?
>
> Rob
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Received on Wed Sep 8 12:23:58 2004