Sean Meighan
Software => Enhancement Requests => Topic started by: Charles Belcher on August 31, 2015, 05:41:33 PM
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When closing a sequence you are presented with a dialog box titled,
"Sequence Changed Confirmation" and dialog that states, "Sequence changes will be lost. Do you wish to continue?" Yes No
If I wanted to save and clicked Yes, then all is good. If I did not want to save and clicked No, then all is good.
If I wanted to save, but accidentally hit Yes, then my changes are lost. If I hit No, then I am taken back to the open sequence and I can try again.
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How about a line that states, "Sequence has changed, do you wish to save it before closing?" Yes No
If Yes, then xLights auto saves. If No, then a new dialog pops up which asks, "Are you sure you want to close the sequence without saving changes?" Yes No
If Yes, then xLights closes the sequence. If No, then you are returned to the original question.
Charles
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I'd open a GitHub ticket on this subject as your request makes sense to me and I'd think is an easy change to implement.
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I don't like that idea. We would be switching the meaning of Yes and people's brains already have it registered what that does. I have a better idea but I'll keep it to myself till I check it in. Less room for people to complain about it that way.
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IMHO , as long as there is some prompt/warning about losing ones work , we should be happy and work with it.
A short while ago, there was no prompt , then the default was the wrong one ..... :)
There is though an inconsistency between the Seq save message and the View save message ... but if either of the messages pop up , it should be viewed seriously (IMO).
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Alright I'll tell you my idea. I think it would be best to show a message with 3 buttons "Save Sequence", "Discard Changes", "Cancel". That way you really don't need to read the message....you just read the button.
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Ok, since we are talking about save, try this.
Open xLights, then open any sequence, now close that sequence, now by mistake instead of clicking the Open Sequence Icon, you click on Save.
xLights crashes every time.
I am not saying that I do that very often, that would be stupid :-(, oh wait I might be stupid.
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Yeah after you close the sequence it turns into the Save Bug Report button....lol.
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Alright I'll tell you my idea. I think it would be best to show a message with 3 buttons "Save Sequence", "Discard Changes", "Cancel". That way you really don't need to read the message....you just read the button.
Default (if u press enter) is Save Sequence I hope ?
In which case am happy ... but am happy now too :)
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Ok here's what I have checked in for a new Save Changes prompt if anyone wants to say anything about it before it goes live:
(http://www.threebuttes.com/Extras/SaveChanges.jpg)
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Seems clearer gil
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Ok here's what I have checked in for a new Save Changes prompt if anyone wants to say anything about it before it goes live:
(http://www.threebuttes.com/Extras/SaveChanges.jpg)
Seems pretty clear.
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I like it!!!
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I like it!!!
Ditto
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The middle text is redundant to me since the buttons are clearly labeled. The rest is good.
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What dialog do you receive if you open a sequence and close it without doing anything?
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Looks good Gil !
Charles - u will get no message - similar to if you have just saved and then press exit.
In fact, I check for the non existence of any message when I exit as I always save first (in any application - old habit).