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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    RE: Properties Box in KFM
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-08-19 13:55:16
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, David Faure wrote:
> I agree that it's annoying to have every dialog box contain the
> application name, but IIRC I read somewhere that this is a standard
> thing for graphical applications, so that you can know which app. is 
> popping up this dialog box. I can't get hold of any URL, though.

Actually, I don't have any problems with every dialog box conatining the
application name.  Infact, this is required, as Waldo mentioned, if the
application actaully poped up the box itself.  And kfm does this very well. 
However, in the "properties" and "open with" boxes all it shows in the title
bar is "kfm", which IMHO is not descriptive at all.  A descriptive title
quickly lets the user know what the information that dialog box contains ...

> Do what you want - I just wanted to say this in case somebody knows more
> about this.


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dawit Alemayehu [mailto:adawit@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:47 AM
> > To: kfm-dev
> > Subject: Properties Box in KFM 
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Currently most of kfm's dialog boxes display "kfm" on the title bar.
> > Although this is a minor problem, I have made a simple patch
> > for the properties dialog to display the name of the file 
> > followed by the word
> > "Properties", which has already been translated.  I would 
> > like to apply this
> > patch if no one has any objections.
> > 
> > BTW, the same thing can be done for the "OpenWith" dialog box 
> > if people are
> > interested in these very very minute details like me.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Dawit A.  
> > 
> >

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