[QGIS-Developer] Consistent Ordering (and terms) for buttons in dialogs

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Jonathan,
thanks for the report. I suspect in different OSs there may be more
differences. This kind of polishing has usually lower priority, so it is
often overlooked, but I agree, important for the project.
Could you please open a ticket, if not already there?
Cheers.

On 13/05/19 02:03, Jonathan Moules wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> There seems to be some inconsistent ordering and usage of the buttons on
> dialogs. Does QGIS have developer guidelines on this?
> 
> Largely it's fairly consistent but sometimes button orders seem
> incongruous. Also the use of "Cancel" versus "Close".
> 
> For example, Raster > "Raster Calculator" has: Ok, Cancel, Help
> 
> Raster > "Align Rasters": Ok, Close, Help
> 
> All the other data processing tools I looked at (not all) (Vector and
> Raster menus) were consistent:  Run, Close, Help
> 
> Data Source Manager: (other buttons), Close, Add, Help
> 
> Add new service/database dialog: Ok, Cancel, Help
> 
> CRS Dialog: Ok, Cancel, Help
> 
> Project settings: OK, Cancel, Apply, Help
> 
> Options: Ok, Cancel, Help
> 
> Style Manager: Close, Help
> 
> 
> ----
> 
> The ones that particularly jump out at me are:
> 
> * "Align Raster" using "close" not "cancel"
> 
> * Project Settings has an "Apply" but "Options" doesn't.
> 
> * Apply and Add seem to come after cancel/close but ok/run always comes
> before. Shouldn't add/apply be to the left?
> 
> * Data processing tools seem like they should be "Cancel" as they're
> Do/Do-Not dialogs.
> 
> These are minor things but consistency in the UI makes the application
> much easier to use as it lowers the cognitive burden on the user.
> 
> (3.4.3)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
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