FLUID-2482: UIOptions "Reset" and "Cancel" options are unclear, and should be supplemented

Metadata

Source
FLUID-2482
Type
Improvement
Priority
Major
Status
Closed
Resolution
Not A Bug
Assignee
James Yoon
Reporter
Antranig Basman
Created
2009-04-02T15:05:26.000-0400
Updated
2013-09-05T16:12:58.053-0400
Versions
  1. 1.0
  2. 1.4
Fixed Versions
  1. 1.5
Component
  1. UI Options

Description

The current UIOptions component has 3 options for global state control. "Reset", "Save and apply", and "Cancel".
"Save and apply" is clear, but it is not clear that the meaning of "Reset" is "Reset to the values currently stored in persistence" (typically a cookie).
The meaning of the "Cancel" button is entirely unclear - it seems to do nothing at all.
I suggest instead of "Cancel" there be a button marked something like "Defaults" which returns all settings to an original default. I also suggest that "Reset" be expanded to "Reset to Saved" or something similar.

Environments

All

Comments

  • Michelle D'Souza commented 2009-04-16T16:59:27.000-0400

    Partly the issue here is a divergence from the wireframes. Cancel is supposed to close the UI Options interface. Reset removes all the user set preferences. Perhaps this will make the meaning of the buttons more clear.

  • Michelle D'Souza commented 2013-09-05T16:12:58.035-0400

    This full page version of UI Options is no longer the recommended way to use UI Options. It is now only in manual tests to provide an example of how it would be possible to use UI Options in a full page mode. The PCP and PMT which were designed as part of the Cloud For All project show examples of recommended uses of full page UI Options. These do not include the reset and save and apply buttons.

    http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Preference+Editing+Tools+Design