Re: Sheet interferes with close widget and app quit
Re: Sheet interferes with close widget and app quit
- Subject: Re: Sheet interferes with close widget and app quit
- From: "R. Tony Goold" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:34:35 -0400
A user has to deal with a modal dialog before they can quit an app
or close a window, implementing the above strategy would be a violation
of UI consistency. Don't pollute the metaphor.
I beg to differ. The primary example of this technique in Mac OS X is
closing a window that has unsaved changes. An alert sheet is presented,
and
when you click the Don't Save button both the sheet and the window close
simultaneously.
I'm not sure how that contradicts what he says. You start to close a
window, but a sheet pops out so you have to deal with the sheet before
your action can be resumed. Clicking Don't Save dismisses the sheet, then
your suspended action (closing the window) is resumed.
Cheers,
Tony