GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 116334
No abort prompt on inadvertent program close, dangerous default option
Last modified: 2018-06-29 20:34:34 UTC
I you inadvertently close the program, you will be prompted if there is unsaved data: save changes Yes / no , but there is no abort button. The reason I have not flagged this as trivial or enhancement is that the default option is NOT to save the changes, so if you are not paying too much attention to the message in the dialog (perhaps you had intended to close a different program or window) and simply get rid of the dialog by pressing 'x' in the title bar or ESC then you lose all your work (as I have done several times). Of course, defaulting to saving changes may also cause some people a lot of grief, so the safest tactic is to provide an 'abort' (cancel) option and default to that.
In 1.8.9 I see a Yes/No/Cancel dialog with Cancel as the default option. Recommend this one be closed.
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