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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kde settings apply vs instant change
From:       Shantanu Tushar Jha <shaan7in () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-05-28 13:51:38
Message-ID: CABQ4Km-7Lg86w=s5Xt5jhZf24HCRJkXC3a9SiZCzjAi6Dg9D=w () mail ! gmail ! com
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Well not really, I've mostly seen dialogs which only have "Close" in the
apply-immediately world. And thats what I hate, no option to go back.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago@kde.org> wrote:

> On segunda-feira, 27 de maio de 2013 17.31.55, Daniel Nicoletti wrote:
> > I don't think it's about reloading settings at runtime,
> > but if we where to support that it wouldn't be easy
> > in system settings, simply connecting changed()
> > signal to the apply() slot would do the trick.
>
> It's not that simple. In the apply-immediately world, pressing Cancel
> reverts
> to the settings before applying. The KDE "Apply" button does not allow
> reverting.
>
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<div dir="ltr">Well not really, I&#39;ve mostly seen dialogs which only have \
&quot;Close&quot; in the apply-immediately world. And thats what I hate, no option to \
go back.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, \
May 28, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Thiago Macieira <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:thiago@kde.org" target="_blank">thiago@kde.org</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="im">On segunda-feira, 27 de maio de 2013 \
17.31.55, Daniel Nicoletti wrote:<br> &gt; I don&#39;t think it&#39;s about reloading \
settings at runtime,<br> &gt; but if we where to support that it wouldn&#39;t be \
easy<br> &gt; in system settings, simply connecting changed()<br>
&gt; signal to the apply() slot would do the trick.<br>
<br>
</div>It&#39;s not that simple. In the apply-immediately world, pressing Cancel \
reverts<br> to the settings before applying. The KDE &quot;Apply&quot; button does \
not allow<br> reverting.<br>
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