[Geany] "Replace All" button order

[Nick Treleaven]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:06:50 -0500
"Daniel Richard G." <skunk at iSKUNK.ORG> wrote:

> > >I could make Geany remember whether the expander is open when quitting.
> > 
> > That would be the alternative to the suggested frame replacement for
> > the expander with the bonus that by default the expander would be
> > closed and so the dialog be a bit less height (remember Netbook users).
> 
> But the dialog doesn't grow in height when the arrow is opened---the 
> widgets just get squeezed a little tighter vertically.

It does the first time.

> A persistent arrow could work, too, but... isn't that making things more 
> complicated than they need to be? It simplifies the dialog visually when 
> the user doesn't want to see the replace-all functionality, but then you 
> still have that element of UI modality, and now a new config variable to 

Not sure why that's a problem (maybe my ignorance though ;-))

> keep track of it. Not to mention, the opened arrow/label doesn't associate 
> itself with the buttons very well if the act of having opened it is not in 
> recent memory. (In other words, if you see the dialog for the first time 
> with the arrow already opened, the arrow label doesn't do a good job of 
> actually labeling the set of buttons.)

We could add a 'Replace all in:' label as well, maybe change the close
dialog option to work for all buttons, not just replace all.

I don't mind if we remove the expander.

Regards,
Nick