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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 87540] save-icon should stay inactivated after successful
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-08-21 20:08:40
Message-ID: 20040821200840.15880.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From faure kde org  2004-08-21 22:08 -------
> Keeping the menu entry enabled regardless of whether the icon is enabled is important IMO.
That's a confusing statement. Do you really mean that the menu item and the toolbar button
should act differently? This makes no sense to me (they represent the same action).
Technically it's the same KAction too, which makes them consistent :)

Markus said:
> We both agree that it is highly useful if the icon informs the user if/that 
> the document _needs_ saving. 
But the application can't know if e.g. I removed the file from where I saved
it last; don't only think of the local file system btw, all kde apps support
working on files on an FTP site, for instance (so simply checking for existence
would be slow and cumbersome).

Knowing whether you need to save or not is already indicated, by the [Modified] in the
caption, the floppy disk in the taskbar, etc. But _preventing_ the user from saving
is certainly not a good idea - my wife certainly wants to save just before closing
the window or the computer, "just to be sure", and disabling the save action would
only frustrate her :)

The kaddressbook behavior is a bug IMHO. I even think saving changes should be
automatic in the addressbook, but that's another topic.
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