Image Scaling Properties changed window behaviour

[Jeremy Bohn]

In the 1.8 beta, this window now behaves differently and it's annoying:

Now you have to click Done or Cancel to get rid of it. Previously, you just had to click one of the 4 above options and the window would then close. Now it's a 2 step process where before it was 1.

[walt.farrell]

I prefer it with having to click Done. I usually need to see the effect of choosing the option. If it were to go away automatically then it would be an even longer process (click a button, dislike the results, click Properties again, click another button, etc.)

This way (as it works in 1.7), I can see the effects and choose a different option immediately it needed, without having to reinvoke the entire dialog.

[fde101]

I would rather this were a popup without the buttons, and would stay open until you clicked outside of it, similarly to the popups for changing stroke attributes and the like from the context toolbar.

[Jeremy Bohn]

For me, I know what each button does because it's written next to the button along with a thumbnail. I don't need to experiment - I know what I need. Plus really that window acts as if it's a menu and not a window so I'd expect a "menu" to disappear once I chose a command.

I guess since it closes automatically when you click outside that window, that's a good compromise. I just have to get used to it.

[Jeremy Bohn]

It would also be nice to have keyboard shortcuts (this and other things too). I use the keyboard shortcut all the time in InDesign.

[Gabe]

Hi all,

This is by design. To "accept" the change, either press Done or click outside of the pop-up. To cancel, press Cancel. 

[fde101]

On 2/17/2020 at 10:37 AM, Gabe said:

either press Done or click outside of the pop-up

This is a really bad UI design.

Suggest renaming the "Cancel" button to "Revert" and eliminating the "Done" button.

 

Also, "Done" is not a verb and should not be the name of any button regardless.