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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Dialogs: How to layout
From:       Espen Sand <espensa () online ! no>
Date:       1999-09-14 16:10:54
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, zander@microweb.nl wrote:
> > Rules
> > -----
> > The user will decide which buttons are required so every button can be 
> > masked away (but Cancel will always be added, see below).
> 
> Am I reading this correctly? 
> The user can conceal the ok button, but not the cancel button.
> 
> Is a requestor nog made to "ok", so should ok not allways be present as well.
> 
There are a number of examples where a Cancel/Close is the only button that
need to be present. An about dialog, some sort of an information dialog (a
read only log), a progress dialog (as mentioned by another poster).

The reason for demanding a Cancel/Close button to be present is that every dialog
should be a "abortable". The presence will enforce this.

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Espen Sand

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