Re: [Usability] Standardizing Find and Replace windows

["David Adam Bordoley" <bordoley msu edu>]

From: Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>
> Close is always in the bottom right corner, as it should be for everything
> else. 

Well looking at your mockup two things become quite apparent to me. 

1) Seth is right that button columns do kind of suck.
2) you are right that close buttons really are pita that lead to absurd 
looking dialogs. 

<rant> 

I've brought this up a couple of times, with calum and seth etc. Currently 
epiphany uses [close] [previous] [next], and gedit uses [close] [find] or 
[close] [replace all] [replace] [find]. The wandering close button is really 
annoying and completely unneeded given the window border close button imo.  
(not to rehash old discussions or anything). My various bug reports about 
the absurdity of [close] [(default action button)] have all been notabuged. 
uggghhh. 

</rant> 

Technically the hig only states that instant apply dialogs ought to have 
close buttons (i'm not sure it says anything else about other types of 
dialogs). However given the hell storm that will surely break out if we try 
to convince maint to remove the close button i guess the button column is 
the least worst of all possibilities (though as i understand it, vertical 
scanning of buttons is much harder than horizontal scanning so its a 
comprimise). 

bah... 

dave