Bug 163513

Summary:	provide obvious visual indicator when changes are made
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component:	kdeui	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cfeck, finex
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Maciej Pilichowski 2008-06-08 10:32:47 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

When you make a change it is hard to say if something was changed (activating buttons are not so obvious). Please add clear text -- in the title, or below the name of the module, or in status bar:
modified.

Comment 1 FiNeX 2008-06-08 18:52:29 UTC

It could be even more interesting if widgets themself will give a feedback. This could be useful not only in systemsettings, but even in all apps. What I'm thinking for is adding a visual indicator on field which was modified. Maybe it could be proposed to TT too.


What do you think Maciej?

Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-06-08 20:14:02 UTC

Finex, _YES_!!! :-) It is a dream-wish for me, because it would become killer-feature for KDE.

I am only worried about complexity, but from user point of view -- a breeze, finally you _see_ all the changes.

Comment 3 FiNeX 2008-06-08 20:59:25 UTC

At first I change this bug to kdelibs->kdeui, let see what developers think about.

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2010-09-01 01:33:24 UTC

Any ideas/suggestions/mockups about the visual representation? Ideally something that does not cause a relayout, i.e. nothing that adds, modifies or emboldens text, because it would be annoying when the widgets move just because of a change.

For all KConfigDialogManager based applications it should even be possible to check which widgets have changed contents.