Re: property dialogs

["Robert J. Slover" <robert slover Rose-Hulman Edu>]

I don't remember this discussion, but I like the sound of this.  I can't
recall anything I know of that works this way...

Janos Farkas wrote:
> 
> Hmm, I can't really grab a good article to respond on, but a few weeks
> earlier, I remember some people have come to the consensus that
> (forgetting how any other system's property dialogs work) the most
> intuitive for the user is that any change is instant, with a way to undo
> these changes.
> 
> If this is still acceptable, this way would need the least buttons: i.e.
> only per-panel Default, Revert (or Undo), and a global Ok, which
> function might be served by window close.  Maybe even a global Cancel,
> or rather Revert, to get rid of all changes.  The only question is that
> should the state of a tab (panel) be preserved when switching tabs?
> Preserving would make a local Revert work even after switching a few,
> but that's not necessarily intuitive.  On the other hand, a global
> revert may be better for "I don't remember what I've done, but I'd
> rather undo all", after that switching..
> 
> This method is also more intuitive in some cases for non-modal dialogs
> (which should be strongly supported, IMHO).
> 
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