Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 28177
change the location of the close button in dialogues
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:36:57 UTC
The current location of the close button e.g. on the find dialogue is confusing. It sits in the middle of other buttons that can refine the search in different ways, or, if you read the buttons in columns left to right, it is the next to last item before the help button. Point is, all the buttons around it, including help, imply that you want to continue using a dialogue; I and I'm sure others keep looking for the close button first in order not to inadvertently close the window. I suggest moving the close button (maybe together with help) to the lower left hand side of the panes and reserve the right side for the buttons that deal with specific dialogue functions.
Created attachment 14673 [details] Find/Replace dialog in OOo compared with AbiWord: AbiWord is the clear winner
reassigned to bh
*** Issue 28177 has been confirmed by votes. ***
The status says otherwise, but this really seems to be resolved for 2.0. Most dialogues in the 1.9.* versions have a neat lower line for the Cancel und Help &c buttons, although there are still a few exceptions (like the thesaurus dialog). I, as the reporter, would put this on "resolved" if I knew how. My next sip of OOolong is on the developers!
toastwise of course, not moneywise
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".