Re: [libreoffice-design] "Document Saved" indicator

Hi Kendy, hi all!

Back at the computer ...

Am Donnerstag, den 31.05.2012, 15:29 -0400 schrieb Kohei Yoshida:
[...]
> There is another reason for that.  Document not only store its content
> but also view properties, but a change in the view properties doesn't
> trigger a document modified status.  Here, view properties include
> things like (in case of spreadsheet) active sheet, cursor position, zoom
> level etc.
>
> But quite often you want to store the view properties after they've
> changed, and always enabling the save action allows this.  Disabling the
> save action when the document content is unchanged even though the view
> has changed is IMO quite unfriendly in this regard.
>
> Also, it's IMO wrong to trigger a document modified status on view
> change.

Thanks for the explanation - I got (especially) aware of the problem
when I worked on the new (well, already two years old) print dialog.
There we also had the question whether changes of the print settings
should trigger the document modified status. (I'll omit the details,
since these settings are close to a mess ...).

> > > This is only a setting, and it's disabled by default (at least on my
> > > machine).
> >
> > Ah, didn't know that. Thanks!
> >
> > Do you know why this is a setting at all? Do we alter the behavior
> > dependent on the platform?
>
> This is a setting because of the presence of those users who wish to use
> the save icon as an indication of document modified status.  To me
> that's a mis-use of the icon but this practice is widespread in some
> circles.

;-)

[...]

Without stressing this topic further (without getting closer to a final
solution), I just want to say thank you for your thoughts and
explanations. Highly appreciated!

Cheers,
Christoph


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