Bug 295151 - make f2 save explicitly if the document hasn't been saved before. (was: make only the last used type of incremental save appear in the file menu)
Summary: make f2 save explicitly if the document hasn't been saved before. (was: make ...
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: Usability (show other bugs)
Version: git master (please specify the git hash!)
Platform: Unlisted Binaries Linux
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Reported: 2012-03-01 16:35 UTC by pentalis
Modified: 2020-12-11 01:47 UTC (History)
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Description pentalis 2012-03-01 16:35:26 UTC
Basically, to streamline the interface (and customize it, as any advanced painting tool can/should do): if the user picks one of the incremental saves, the other one will disappear from the file menu until reactivated.

I think a good implementation would be to show the dialog question when the user saves for a _second_ time, the idea being that they can save the first time without feeling intimidated by a question whose relevancy they can't yet anticipate.

I'll leave this on hold until we have a stable release.


Conversation quotes:
<boud> Thra11 had a good point: 16:56:57 < Thra11> I see your point, but it would be nice to just have the most recent incremental version in the list in that case
<boud> so feel free to hack on that (or anything else that tickles your fancy, of course)
<Pentalis> Thra11: you mean to keep only the last used incremental version available in the file menu?
<Thra11> Pentalis, yes
Comment 1 pentalis 2012-03-01 16:35:51 UTC
Extra info:
<Thra11> Not sure if it would be overcomplicated, but something with the most recently used incremental version in the main list and other versions in a submenu might work
Comment 2 Tom Hall 2012-05-15 19:24:53 UTC
A small addition: If document hasn't been saved yet, I suggest pressing F2 should bring up the standard save dialog. Otherwise, user could forget to do the intial save, then *think* they're doing incremental saves periodically, when in fact it's silently failing each time because the document hasn't been saved yet.
Comment 3 Halla Rempt 2012-05-16 12:02:59 UTC
Making this a bug; the f2 behaviour is dangerous.
Comment 4 Tiar 2020-12-11 01:47:40 UTC
F2 right now is a shortcut to rename the current layer. Both F4 and Cltr+Alt+S (shortcuts for Save Incremental Version and Save Incremental Backup) ask to save the file explicitely first if it wasn't saved.

The other request was about hiding the other incremental save option. However is it really needed/desired? I don't see a good explanation for that here.