Talk:Dependencies Dialog


 * Gale 12Feb12: Agreed on text and images that respect the dialog differences when checking dependencies/saving a project that has dependencies.

Bill 29 Feb12: moved long editornote from page to here Bill 09Feb12:' decisions about my points below, but not a blocker for 2.0 IMO Ed 9Feb12: ok for spelling, grammar & links Bill 9Feb12:
 * Gale 12Feb12: Thanks for working on it, both. Lack of an image was the main problem.
 * I don't like the alert div - I think it breaks up the section too much.
 * Gale 12Feb12: Incorporated into the text.
 * I prefer the Dependencies-on-save dialog with the menu pulled down.
 * Gale 12Feb12: Agreed, removed the other one.
 * I would repeat all button descriptions for the Dependencies-on-save dialog, altering the descriptions where needed to fit the context.
 * Gale 12Feb12: Done.
 * Gale 12Feb12: On Windows and Linux all files in the list (both dialogs) are selected by default but without focus, so you have to use up arrow to move into the list. I changed the text, but does that hold true on Mac?
 * Bill 12Feb12: On Mac none of the files in the list is selected and the list appears to have focus (has a blue border). Pressing up or down arrow selects the last or first file in the list respectively.


 * Bill 12Feb12: @Gale - I don't know if we need all those details of how to use the list in the dialog, and if we do then we need to amend it to take into account behavior on Mac. Does the Manage Curves dialog behave similarly on Windows? In that section we seem to assume that people know how to select from a list. I've asked on -devel for clarification of the time of the freeze on Feb 14. We may still have 2 days to tweak this section, and anything else we find before then.
 * Gale 12Feb12: Generally I don't think we need to teach people how to select in a list (as opposed, say, to how to extend a selection in a track), so I removed the stuff about adjacent and non-adjacent selection. But if behavior differs per platforms as to whether you are in the list or not when the dialog opens it probably should be mentioned, so I left that in. Note that on Windows and Linux in these two dialogs, all files are selected while the focus is on "Copy Selected Files", so lazily or accidentally hitting ENTER is safe. Also on Win/Linux at least one item in a list *must* be pre-selected, but on Mac (in the dialogs here and in "Manage Curves"), it seems the list initialises with no items selected. This leads to buttons on Mac "doing nothing" in Manage Curves (bug 470). I assumed there in comment 1 that this was an Audacity bug, but is it normal on Mac for lists to initialise with no items selected? If so:we may not need to say anything in "Manage Curves", as the list has focus on all OS'esPerhaps on Mac, focus on the two dialogs here should be on "Copy Selected Files", then all OS'es are the same and ENTER gives the best action For bug 470, your reading is correct - the "fix" is to gray out inoperable buttons as in Dependencies Dialog.