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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 13 13:14:57 +0000 2008 ------- ah, my search for 'text was truncated' didn't turn those up. anyway, i consider that in this case the fix has been worse than the problem it tried to fix. the problems with this solution : 1. it interrupts user's workflow with the popup dialog (user has to read & close the dialog); 2. this can even result in a minor data loss - suppose somebody is entering some long number, then hits some other key when at the character limit (and the field has max value set) - field contents are immediately set to max value, as soon as the popup is opened; 3. this is inconsistent, as text fields do not produce such a warning. this popup looks really weird especially on fields that allow single char input and are appropriately sized... possible ways to improve it : 1. try to detect pasting (which seems to be the biggest cause of the disappointment with the old behavior) ? this is done in some places (for example, irssi), so that warning is only shown when there is actual possibility that loss of pasted content might go unnoticed; 2. make the warning non-obtrusive - something like oo.org help agent pop-under or down-sliding warning in firefox (for prevented page popups and other things). this way user would be properly notified of field limit both when pasting and when trying to type past the limit, but the workflow would not be interrupted. i really believe form fields have become much less convinient to use with this change, but i won't be pursuing the issue, i'm just pasting my impressions & suggestion for the consideration. i can report any of them as new issues, or reopen this one for implementation of particular improvement (like non-obtrusive warning). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
