On Friday 14 June 2002 12:11 pm, Michael Koziarski wrote: > Hey guys, > > I have a usability question, and I thought I'd discuss it here. I > think we need to consistently distinguish between 'Object creation' > and 'Object alteration' operations. i.e. 'Url Properties' vs 'Insert Url'.
> Given the fact the you guys will be working a lot on GUII at the > devels meeting (have fun by the way), perhaps this is something that > you could think about. As I said I've no Idea what the best way to > implement this is. But I do think that it's important frontends are > /able/ to distinguish between these two different functions. Even if > the xforms frontend doesn't do so in practice. If possible the GNOME > frontend will. I belive that the ability to de this already exists --- almost. It looks, to me, that for the vast majority of the dialogs, the only real difference you're looking for in the View is the title and the (Ok,Apply,Cancel) buttons. I emphasise the View because the Controller can already distiguish between Create and Modify. So, you need a flag telling you whether you're creating or modifying. Why not modify ViewBase::update to ViewBase::update(bool creating). That should do it. (You might need to have ViewBase::show(bool creating) too... That'll enable you to modify the visual appearance of the View and connect the Close button to the apply slot when modifying. Angus
