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Bug 122171 - Error dialog visual enhancement
Error dialog visual enhancement
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI
1.1.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-13 00:56 UTC by Patrick
Modified: 2012-05-14 04:55 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Patrick 2003-09-13 00:56:35 UTC 
Error dialogs currently show their message using a textbox or possibly a
textview. As a result the message is shown in what looks like an editable
box. It would look nicer to draw it as a label (is a label insufficient for
this purpose?) with the background the same as the dialog and without a
border. The error should be informational rather than ambiguously
suggesting some sort of feedback/typing/entry is needed.
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2006-11-29 05:08:30 UTC 
You can't easily copy the information from a label. Being able to copy the error information is _very_useful.
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2012-05-14 04:55:24 UTC 
I am not sure which error-dialog this refers to. Those dialogs have changed since the time of the report, so de-facto this is a WONTFIX. Or perhaps this already has been fixed or is not applicable anymore.

Please refile if you are running into an error-dialog where this still applies.