Re: How do I update to latest after "Revert to this revision"?

Hugh Gibson wrote:
> I agree that it's difficult to come up with good succinct descriptions. I
> spent a lot of time trying to think of something. But we all have 30 inch
> monitors these days...
>
>>> In addition, the message box displayed when the last two items are
>>> selected could include an extra line saying "To return to the
>>> latest revision, use "Revert".".
>> You mean the progress dialog? I guess we could put something there,
>> like we do when a branch is created using Branch/Tag.
>
> No, on selecting "Revert to this revision" or "Revert changes from this
> revision" there's a message dialog which explains what is going to happen
> with a cancel option. In that respect the menu items should probably have
> a trailing "..." to indicate that a dialog will be opened - in this case,
> an explanatory message box.
>
> On the same lines perhaps "Update item to revision" could have a message
> box explaining the action as well (and trailing ellipsis).

Nope. According to UI guidelines, the "..." should only be added if
there is another step required before executing the command.
Confirmation dialogs don't fall under that category.

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/17/133181.aspx

Stefan

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