On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:47:34 -0500, "Daniel Richard G." skunk@iSKUNK.ORG wrote:
On Mon, 2009 Jan 26 19:45:24 +0100, Enrico Tröger wrote:
-4-This button and "in selection" should be invalid (greyed) whenever there is no 'scope' (module toplevel, meaning "in scope" = "in doc") or there is no selection.
Yes, this is a good idea (at least for selection).
No, it's not. As the whole dialog is non-modal by design, making it possible to change text, change the selection, change documents while the dialog is open, it doesn't make sense to disable the Selection button even if there is no selection.
Well, you'd dynamically update the status of the Selection button to reflect the existence/absence of a selection to operate on. The whole idea is, the button is greyed out at the times that its associated action is not sensible.
Oh come on, then we could also add tons of other useless features just to bloat it up. I think users will notice that the 'in selection' action doesn't make any sense when there is no selection, users are not stupid (although some designers of a famous DE may think this sometimes...).
It didn't hurt people in the past few years, so it probably also won't in the future :).
Just wait till someone comes on here and posts "I pressed the 'In Selection' button when there wasn't a selection... and my computer ESPLODED!!!" ^_^
Hmm, if the user's computer is exploded, we are still safe because then he can't write to the list anymore assuming users have no friends and social contacts :).
Er, hrm, j/k.
Regards, Enrico