Bug 140074

Summary:	save button should signal a modified document
Product:	[Unmaintained] HIG	Reporter:	Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Frans Englich <frans.englich>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	fabian
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
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Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-14 19:47:16 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:                Linux

IMHO it's a big usability issue NOT to show the state of the document in/with the save icon.

so instead of greying out the button please 
see my comments at
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140058#c2

Perhaps one might think it's a wish, but it's one of the most important thing to know "fast" if a documents needs saving, so I classified it as bug.

Comment 1 Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-15 10:14:42 UTC

it is especially uncomfortable to work with KDE and OO, where the save button indicates the necessarity to save.

Comment 2 Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-15 14:39:06 UTC

*** Bug 140058 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Vanja 2007-12-13 14:45:38 UTC

I agree this is a big usability issue.

For example, KWrite alerts you when you delete by mistake a document that is currently open. So I don't see the necessity to have the save button always active as stated in the above mentioned Bug 140058 by David Faure.
I think this should be the solution for all KDE applications.

Another solution could be a greyed BUT clickable button (i have seen this on some programs; PSPad on windows to make an example), in contrast with the greyed BUT NOT clickable button when the document is read-only for the current user.