Dialogs:Standard Dialog
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KDE provides a number of standard dialogs for tasks that are not limited to a single application. It is strongly recommended that you use standard dialogs whenever possible.
When a standard dialog does not address the needs of your application, consider using it as the base class of your new dialog.
If your application uses a dialog that might prove useful for other applications, please consider adding it to the KDE library as a standard dialog.
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File Selection Dialogs
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File Save, Close and Quit Dialogs
File Save Dialog
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- Quick Access panel on the left must clearly indicate that it is editable!! -> add a visible configuration button here
- type-as-you-find is not optimal -> when focus is in upper location bar (combobox), a file name can not be specified. user has to move the focus to the lower location field to enter the file name. Instead, typing in the
File Save Plus Options
When saving a file, it may be necessary to make further specifications depending on the file type being selected in the File Save dialog. For example, when saving images, png options (Interlace, Save comment, etc.) differ from jpeg options (Quality, Smoothing, Optimize, etc.). To offer the user the flexibility to set these values, they have to be provided after showing the file save dialog.
Guidelines
- Options related to the file type of an object are displayed in an options dialog which appears right after clicking 'Save' in the File Save dialog. Confirming the options dialog saves the object without further interaction.
- The options dialog must pop up immediately and must be modal to the File Save dialog. Any delay implies the danger that the user might oversee the additional dialog and the object is not saved.
- The options dialog provides reasonable defaults. The focus is on 'OK'.
- Options related to the selection of file types (e.g. 'Automatically select filename extension (*.png)') are displayed in the file save dialog, not in the options dialog.
Examples
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Print Dialogs
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Configure Dialogs
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Properties Dialogs
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Text Edit Dialogs
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Font and Color Selection Dialogs
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The About Dialog
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