[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#10783) cancel treaty warning

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10783 >

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Christian Knoke wrote:

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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10783 >
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> CVS 29 OCT 2004 S2_0 GTK2
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> I'm not a friend of confirmation dialogs in general, but in this case I
> think we should change something.
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> Player dialog --> player --> key C
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> for an allied player gives harsh problems if done accidently. I'd like to
> see a dialog here: "Do you want to cancel your alliance with the Mexicans?
> This can dump your reputation and even overthrow your government.
> Reduce alliance to peace? Yes|No"
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> Also note that you cannot distinguish this menue item from others in this
> menue which open a dialog, not perform an action. We could set a "!" after
> the entry, or something like that, for now.
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> Is the shortcut key useful here?

The GNOME HIG says stuff that opens dialogs you don't expect should have
"..." in the name. I guess this should be done here.

I agree that having a confirmation dialog in this particular case is a
good idea.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa