I finally found a need to join this discussion. I just accidentally used 'Ctrl-W' in Firefox, closing the GMail tab instead of searching for that string in this discussion. Because I have closed tabs accidentally several times in Firefox in the past, I already know that I can go to the history page, find that tab and re-open it. I think that Firefox also has a shortcut to do the same thing, but I haven't tried to find and memorize it.
I want to suggest adding a similar feature to Gnucash to undo actions like closing tabs. On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 10:05 AM Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
