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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: skiwi on August 18, 2010, 09:38:53 am

Title: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: skiwi on August 18, 2010, 09:38:53 am
I've lost count of the times I've closed EA rather than the current diagram.

This feature request is to add a setting option for confirm on close of EA.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: Paul Lotz on August 19, 2010, 02:09:17 am
I respectfully disagree on this one.  I like the application close behavior just the way it is.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: beginner on August 19, 2010, 02:29:46 am
You can't close this application unless you have triple acknowledgement by the Pope, Mr. Balmer and Mr. Sparks.

b.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: fwoolz on August 19, 2010, 04:56:33 am
Except that in the "EA Ecumenical" edition you have the option of substituting the religious leader of your choice for the Pope.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: skiwi on August 19, 2010, 05:54:43 am
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I respectfully disagree on this one.  I like the application close behavior just the way it is.

Paul

this would be an option, that you can enable or disable, default setting would be disable, ie the way it currently works now.

Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: Geert Bellekens on August 19, 2010, 03:17:45 pm
I agree with Paul, I'm getting sick of all those "are you sure you want to do this?" and "Are you REALLY sure you want to do this" kind of dialog treating me like some kind of child that doesn't know what he's doing.
YES i'm f*cking sure, just do as you're told! >:(

Geert

PS. Sorry needed to get that of my chest :-[
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: skiwi on August 19, 2010, 03:23:54 pm
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I agree with Paul, I'm getting sick of all those "are you sure you want to do this?"
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I don't disagree with you, its just that the screen layout makes it easy for me (perhaps it's being in the southern hemisphere) to click the bigger X (that shuts the whole thing down) that is close above the little X (that closes the diagram)
(no I'm not blaming the EAUI),
and its not compulsory to enable this option.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: Geert Bellekens on August 19, 2010, 03:35:13 pm
Maybe, instead of giving you the annoying "are you sure" dialog, they might provide a little "x" on the tab handle (just like the tabs in FireFox or IE) iso the little "x" in the right upper corner.

That would really be an improvement. (an one less option to worry about setting)

Geert
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: beginner on August 19, 2010, 06:38:34 pm
The extra X in the tab would reduce the space left for the anyway not sortable tabs. Me thinks that the Xs are separated wide enough and users having a problem here should probably buy a larger monitor.

b.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: fwoolz on August 20, 2010, 01:10:05 am
I vote for having the option for a prompt before closing, perhaps defaulting to "do not prompt".

Different strokes fer different folks, as my grandpappy useta say. (Actually, he didn't.) But I can sympathize; I can't recall the number of times, after copying a block of text with Ctrl+C, I then mess up the paste by hitting Ctrl+C again instead of Ctrl+V. Perhaps more gifted typists rarely, if ever, make that error, but my fumbling fingers are prone to.

Fred
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: sargasso on August 21, 2010, 06:21:03 pm
Fred,

Are you sure you want that option?
[Yes] [No] [Help]

This is the second last time I'm going to ask!
[OK] [Cancel] [Abort] [Exit] [Suicide]

Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: fwoolz on August 22, 2010, 04:43:02 am
Bruce,

Good one!

No, I don't, but others may (and we know of at least one who does). Just sayin.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: Jim Koke on October 06, 2010, 03:41:11 am
I would vote for the user-settable option whether to confirm or not.  And I would hope EA would not exit if there was any unsaved work without a Yes/No/Cancel confirmation regardless of the option setting.

Personally - I have EA open for hours (if not days) at a time - I would be just as happy to remove the "X" completely and have to select File > Exit from the menu to exit.
Title: Re: Feature request: Confirm close
Post by: skiwi on October 11, 2010, 11:24:03 am
Actually, following recent practice, the