[IxDA Discuss] Buttons in a dialog

[Josh Viney]

I would consider use of two buttons. "Apply Changes" (or similar text) and
"Close". Where "Apply Changes" would save and update the window but not
close the dialog box, and "Close" would only close the dialog box. I would
make sure to keep the two buttons visually separated w/ emphasis on the
"Apply Changes" button. If you're worried about users making changes and
then accidentally closing the dialog w/out saving, you could add an
additional check to see if changes were made while the box was open and add
additional messaging. Warning though, the additional messaging could get
quite annoying to frequent users.

Oh, and when user's click "Apply Change", make sure that they can see the
change take place in the main window. It's important for them to have some
visual que that the requested action actually took place.



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Josh Viney
EastMedia Group
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