Thomas Zander wrote:
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> On Sunday 10 July 2005 00:32, Alan Horkan wrote:
>> kexi 0.8 has File, Close Project and Window, Close, neither seems to
>> use the standard Action or have the shortcut Ctrl+W, would probably be
>> best to have one standard close item in the File menu.
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> Did you tell the kexi developers about this?
The idea to post these usability studies here comes from me, as we want to make certain issues more public.
> I'm pretty sure that
> following the styleguide does not need a discussion on this list :)
More detailed investigation is needed. All confuction can be related to fact that Kexi:
- does into use Koffice's main window
- inherits some actions from KMDI (the original one,
not the current castrated KMdi)
- 'File' menu means in fact 'Project' menu; we even have had it named 'Project' but for usability reasons we reverted to 'File'.
> In other words; its a bug if they don't have these items.
> I can't run kexi (don't have a database, so it does not compile)
If there's any unknown bug, let me know... Since beginning, Kexi does not force you to have installed anything except kdelibs. Kexi _contains_ database server (SQLite). A warning you can read at configure stage is... just a friendly warning.
>> Would also be
>> good if to have shortcut for "Close All Ctrl+Shift+W" (even as a
>> standard for all of Koffice.)
> Close All is a file entry that should not be used, as has been discussed
> on this list many times.
It's not Kexi's custom action. KMDI library gives us "Close all" action in Window menu for free...
I will soon add more hints here for remaining problems reported by Alan.
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