Anirudh Sanjeev wrote:
Hi, I'm writing an application targeted towards gnome users. I've noticed most of the preference windows have only a "close" button. Often, an accidentally changed setting cannot be reverted unless you know the older setting. While this seems counter intuitive for me, I just wanted to know why such a system is in place, as I'm sure there's a pretty good reason. While this paradigm saves the trouble of clicking "apply", the danger lurking in a preference dialog is always a little worrisome. Thanks, and have a good day, Anirudh
Hi Anirudh!I'm not sure how a Apply-button would help you more than instant-apply in that situation.
With instant apply: 1. Click a checkbox. 2. See the change happen. 3. Figure out that "oh, wait, I don't want that". 4. Click the checkbox again to unselect the option. 5. Close the window. Without instant apply: 1, Click a checkbox. 2. Press the apply button. 3. See the change happen. 4. Figure out that "oh, wait, I don't want that". 5. Click the checkbox again to unselect the option. 6. Press the apply button. 7. Close the window.I suspect it would be even more tricky using a apply button, as you can change 4-5 things, and then press apply, without being certain what control did what change to your system. It would be kind of cool if ctrl+z worked in the preferences dialogs though (without any needed change to the UI).
- Andreas