Bug 140058 - save icon should indicate "modified" status
Summary: save icon should indicate "modified" status
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 140074
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
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Reported: 2007-01-14 13:17 UTC by Ferdinand Gassauer
Modified: 2007-01-15 14:39 UTC (History)
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Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-14 13:17:28 UTC
Version:           1.6.2pre (using KDE 3.5.5, compiled sources)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.18.2-34-default

the save icon should be greyed out after saving and come back after the first change
Comment 1 David Faure 2007-01-14 13:38:53 UTC
On Sunday 14 January 2007 13:17, Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> the save icon should be greyed out after saving and come back after the first change


No. It has been decided kde-wide that the save button shouldn't be disabled. There are plenty of
reasons to save again even without modifying the document - including: what if you delete the file
on disk by mistake? Then you want to be able to save again from the application. There's no reason
to prevent saving. 
Comment 2 Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-14 15:34:59 UTC
OK I can follow this argument. 

You may want to  consider, that beside the window titel "... modified" there is no more visual hint, that a file is changed and hence needs saving.

the task bar might not be visible or the application is hidden in the stack if the taskbar is full. 

May be the filesave icon could/should  change form/color indicating that saving is necessary. 
I think about a filesave icon with a little "document open" symbol. (similar to folder_open or project_open or fileclose or vcs_commit)
Comment 3 David Faure 2007-01-15 13:45:19 UTC
Retitling and making it a wishlist.
Comment 4 Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-01-15 14:39:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140074 ***