GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 583888
Resize/move dialog does not unfade 'Resize' button when size entered using keyboard
Last modified: 2020-11-13 10:40:44 UTC
When the position or size in the resize/move dialog is entered using the keyboard, the 'Resize' button does not become active until after you move the focus to another widget. Reported in Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/115860 Reproducable steps from the Ubuntu report copied below: ---- To reproduce: * Right click on a partition and choose Resize/Move. * Observe that the Resize button is faded as no choice has yet been made * Click in either the New Size or Free Space Following text entry fields and enter a new value * Observe that the Resize button has not been unfaded, and the graphical control at the top of the dialogue has not been updated Workaround (not obvious to inexperienced user): * Press tab after entering the new size; the dialogue is correctly updated
Thank you Jan for posting this bug report upstream. There are a few ways to tackle this issue, but I am not sure which is the right way to do it from a GNOME user interface perspective. Currently GParted allows a user to enter in any number in one of "Free space preceeding", "New size", or "Free space following". Then when the user changes the focus, GParted will recalculate appropriate values for other fields and update the graphic display. If the number entered is invalid, GParted will return the numbers to the original values. A second way to address this issue is to have GParted actively monitor each digit that the user types. If a digit is entered that makes the field value too large or too small, then the digit can be ignored (not entered or displayed in the field). This can pose a different type of frustration for the user in that the keyboard appears unresponsive. A third way is to always have the resize/move button enabled. If the user clicks on the button and no changes have been made, then no resize operation would be added to the operations queue. This might be the method with the least drawbacks from a user perspective. Perhaps there is better way to address this issue? Your thoughts on this issue would be appreciated.
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