Re: [libreoffice-design] Guideline for floating widgets

See the section uses of Escape on Wikipedia: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esc_key#Uses

See also this explanation : https://techterms.com/definition/escape_key

See also this: 
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/keyboard-shortcuts-in-outlook-on-the-web-63df572e-1078-4562-b45e-b93e07a76ffb 
(search for "Press the Esc key to close any open form or dialog box.")

Best regards,
Alex.

Le 05/06/2018 à 11:28, Heiko Tietze a écrit :
> The floating widget is like a toolwindow, similar to compose a message. And I'm very happy that an 
> accidental press of escape doesn't close this dialog (using Thunderbird as well). Resizability is 
> permitted for dialogs in LibreOffice, though I dont find the guideline anymore (wait, it was a 
> discussion on the mailing list [1]), in order to keep the content at place.
>
> [1] 
> http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/Resizability-of-the-dialogs-tc4131982.html
>  maybe other messages too
>
> On 05.06.2018 10:58, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> > First of all, thanks for sharing the guidelines Heiko.
> >
> > I'm pretty agree about all except for the usage of escape. When I teach computer, I always explain 
> > that escape is used inside the window to close floating window, menu and dialog. For example, on 
> > Thunderbird, escape could close a message window or on LibreOffice 6.0 when I open the save dialog, 
> > I could close it with escape.
> >
> > IMO, we should let floating windows resizable. I don't understand what is the problem.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex.
> >
> > Le 05/06/2018 à 09:14, Heiko Tietze a écrit :
> > > Based on https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87239 I drafted a guideline for 
> > > floating widgets at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Selection#Appearance. Your review 
> > > and opinion is welcome.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Heiko

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