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Bug 575734 - Save icon should be greyed when the document is unchanged
Save icon should be greyed when the document is unchanged
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.26.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-17 18:58 UTC by antistress
Modified: 2009-03-26 20:36 UTC
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GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description antistress 2009-03-17 18:58:50 UTC 
Currently, when the document is unchanged user can click on the Save icon which is useless and don't let the user know if saving the document is currently needed.

Of course current tab gets a "*" when a modification is done but it's very subtle. 

With applications showing an undo arrow icon, that icon is greyed when there is nothing to undo.

That seems to me much more efficient to let know the user what is the current state of its document

Other information:
Comment 1 Paolo Borelli 2009-03-26 20:36:12 UTC 
Saving is always a lecit operation, even if you have no changes, e.g. if you are not sure that what is currently on the disk is up to date or if maybe the file was modified or deleted externally.