Re-sending because I sent to the individuals instead of the list. Yes it was my mistake, but I'm not the only one who makes that mistake, and if the mailing list set the reply-to header that mistake would be a lot harder to make. I know this has been discussed in the past, but I can't remember the argument against doing that.
====================================================================== On 2023-04-11 20:40, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The > close "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the > benefit of being a direct action that most users understand > intuitively. I agree wholeheartedly! While it's usually desirable to give people multiple ways to do things, especially mouse versus keyboard, it's _not_ desirable when one of those ways looks like it does something different from what it actually does. ====================================================================== On 2023-04-12 07:40, Gyle McCollam wrote: > You can remove the "X" on the tabs to prevent accidental closing. > Under Edit/Preference/Windows and the section labeled Tabs. Just > click on box to remove the check on "Show close on notebook tabs". > Then you shouldn't be able to close accidentally. But the OP wasn't accidentally closing via the X on the tab, rather with the X at the top, which is marked Close. (I'm just clarifying. I don't support the request. If developers are to make a change, IMHO a much better solution is David T's suggestion: simply remove the "Close" at the top, since its effect of closing a tab is different from what a user might reasonably expect, and there are other ways to close a tab.) ====================================================================== On 2023-04-12 07:32, G R Hewitt wrote: > I agree with others that the 'Close' button could be moved, or > better still done away with, I think it serves no useful purpose. > Perhaps change it to 'Quit GnuCash' I would not support the latter. There's already a _standard_ mouse click to quit GnuCash; it's the X at the top right of the window, which is standard for programs in Microsoft Windows. We don't need to waste screen real estate on a second button to do the same thing. (I would assume that the standard close button is also present in GnuCash in Linux and MacOS.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
