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Re: Escape key in project archive window

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:48:36 +0200

On 18.10.2011 11:33, Hans-Emil Skogh wrote:
>>>> There's something that I found annoying for a long time now. It
>>>> hit's me every now and then. I'd really appreciate, if the
>>>> project archive dialog could be changed that way, that the
>>>> escape key does NOT close that dialog.
>>> Terminology problem - we don't have a project archive dialog, at
>>> least not in the English version. Which one do you mean?
>> I think he means the repository browser. And I have to agree that I
>> would like to have that one behave like a normal window too instead
>> of a dialog (respect Alt-F4 and provide a Home/File->Close menu
>> instead of an OK button).
>
> I guess that would mean that there would have to be two versions of
> the repository browser. The repository browser (just like the log
> dialog) is sometimes used as a dialog to provide input to another
> dialog. For example the target path when branching or merging.
>
> When the repository browser is started "stand alone" it makes sense
> to have it as a regular application. When it is started by pressing a
> "..."-button, it makes sense to have it as a dialog.
>
> Perhaps it would be possible to actually have two different versions,
> much like how the windows explorer and a file open dialog duplicates
> much of each other's functionality, but one in an application format
> and one in a dialog format. If it makes sense is another question
> altogether. :-)

I could certainly change that behavior.
But I'm sure that as soon as I change it, someone will complain and ask
for the current behavior back...

Stefan

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