Re: [Usability]UI review - GEdit summary / PATCHES Welcome!

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:16:04AM +0000, Glynn Foster wrote:
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> o Replace dialog
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> 	- Button order possibility -
> 		[Replace All] [Replace]   [Close] [Find]

It has been noted in at least a HIG bug report that Close buttons
are not consistently placed.

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85606

As was also noted in that report, placing Close in the bottom right
corner and the most useful button to its left would not be consistent
with regular dialogs and alerts.

Placing Close to the left of the bottom right corner button, as was
suggested in UI review, would dilute the meaning of that position -
i.e., Cancel. It could also lead to Close and Cancel being conflated
by users.

Other than the obvious and correct solution - get rid of the button -
only one alternative comes to my mind. Place the buttons in a column
on the right, with the primary button at the top.

A screenshot of the window from gedit 2.0.6 with this change, UI review
changes, and some minor tweaks may be seen here:

  http://www.phys.lsu.edu/students/merchan/shots/gedit-Replace.png


Cheers,
Greg Merchan