[Geany] "Replace All" button order

[Daniel Richard G.]

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.

> 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!!!" ^_^


--Daniel


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