Re: [HIG] Re: [Usability] Re: Decision: instant apply window buttons

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Chris Chabot wrote:
> 
> Ps, wouldnt a solution for this impase be to bind the ESC key to
> 'close' in dialogs? (it works this way in all windows versions and a
> few other gui's).

No, we believe (well, I do anyway) that Esc should always mean "Cancel",
otherwise you just introduce inconsistency and potential confusion. 
Windows always used to make a point of this in their guidelines too, so
if 'all Windows versions' behave as you say then I'm afraid they're not
eating their own dogfood!

(There are other standard keybidings for "Close" in GNOME, however:
Alt-F4 and Ctrl-W).

Cheeri,
Calum.

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