Tanks for the comment Ede
again tomorrow I will be out for work for 11 days. I will post pone any
decision when I am back.
If you want to do any modification, you are most welcome.
Peppe
2017-05-22 13:06 GMT+02:00 <edgar.sol...@web.de>:
> On 22.05.2017 12:40, Giuseppe Aruta wrote:
> > 1. open Project Properties
> > 2. enable Metadata Change checkbox (a "Cancel" button that is enabled
> > together with "Apply")
> > 3. change the comment
> > 4. ups, i erred, i want the old entry back
> >
> > As the GUI is defined (by MultiInputDialog) can see two schenarios:
> > *) If the "Apply" button is not clicked, it close the diallog with no
> > effects on any modification the user can do (see Style dialog). *The old
> > good entry is save*.
>
> yes, but un-intuitive as the user would expect an alternative to APPLY
> buttonwise ;)
>
> the Change Style Dialog is actually wrong as well. it allows you to apply
> a style and after that Cancel and Ok have the same function. so it is not
> exactly a good role model to follow here.
>
> i suggest you choose either
>
> OK/Cancel - advantage easy to understand, disadvantage OK saves the new
> values & closes the dialog, no visual confirmation
>
> OK, replaced by Cancel/Apply on changes, back to OK only when changes were
> applied/cancelled - advantage visual confirmation of the changes,
> disadvantage more effort to implement
>
> > but
> > **) if the "Apply" button is clicked before than "Cancel" button, this
> > will close dialog but modifications are not restored to original values.
> *The
> > old good entry is gone.*
>
> that's how it usually works
>
> > I am thinking more to an extra button, located close to "Edit project
> > metadata", called "Restore metadata form file" that does the job.
> > This would work even if the user changes his mind after having clicked
> > "Apply" and inadvertently closed the dialog.
>
> ok, that's an idea. but do you really think it is worth the effort? are
> the SRS code and an info comment that difficult to reentry by hand? ;)
>
> > Extra schenario. The user does 1 to 4 steps, click "Apply" button, closes
> > the dialog, *saves project* and "repents at the end of his days".
> > Possible solutions
> > a) add an extra warning on SaveProject plugin that that project is going
> to
> > be saved
> > b) implement undo/redo on TaskPropertiesPlugin
> >
>
> same as above, SRS code and info comment. nothing crucial around here ;)..
> ede
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