Re: [libreoffice-design] Proposition to combine the Apply/Reset buttons

2011/4/24 Christoph Noack <christoph@dogmatux.com>:
>      * What happens for different objects with the same properties
>        dialog? For example, the user edits "Text Style 1" and does some
>        changes.

Well, right now this is not possible: when you open the first dialogue
everything else in the UI gets immediately locked so you need to edit
one style at a time.
So the question is: do we want that when the "accept but not close"
button/behaviour is used the dialogue become temporary modal? IMHO,
this would not be a good idea because to have a dialogue that behave
as modal or not modal depending on what you previously did will cause
confusion, "accidents" and headaches.
I think that we must keep the fact that when you select an object and
a property you cannot select another object without closing the
property, specially when talking about styles.
On direct formatting for graphical objects could make sense to have a
non modal dialogue, though.
Cheers
Ricardo

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