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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    Re: How can i make kate behaviour go back to normal?
From:       Waqar Ahmed <waqar.17a () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-03-27 21:01:49
Message-ID: CAPesRH6Mt+9zyFBCn2tDqkY__XXsXgLEFHxk7_rEG+TH-idySg () mail ! gmail ! com
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This change was reversed in 23.04

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:39 AM Duane <dsub@chaduath.com> wrote:
> 
> I may not be using the new Kate interface, so I may not understand what this new \
> setting is.  But I saw mention of how Firefox did it and I sure don't like their \
> settings change. 
> > Why should we block the editor when the dialog is open? Give me one reason.
> 
> As other's have mentioned, a dialog window can be moved.
> When changing settings, I always have understood that no settings are changed until \
> the dialog is closed by clicking Save/OK, or Cancel if no change desired.  If the \
> settings are on a tab that may not be visible, can the user know whether they have \
> saved the settings? 
> Which leads me to fear there is no "save" or "cancel".  Which is a very bad thing!
> 
> Suppose I need help in changing Kate's settings.  So I go to my browser and look up \
> the setting find out what I need to do and then click on Kate window.  Except I \
> might have accidentally clicked on a checkbox.  Or I'm still on the browser and \
> scrolling my mouse wheel when my hand accidentally slides off the browser window \
> onto Kate's settings.  With either situation, I have to ask myself, did I change \
> something?  Should I click again?  How much should I scroll the other direction? 
> I hope there still will be a cancel button.  I always hit cancel on dialogs if I \
> did not intend to change anything.  And a save button to confirm the change rather \
> than how firefox does it by assuming that you want changes immediately with no \
> canceling, restoring to what they were before because you might have decided I \
> don't want to change it.


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