Set focus to close dialog

[bures]

There is no focus set to 'Close Document' dialogue. It is very annoying that user can not use tab key or cursor arrows (left or right) to select the right button and then press Enter.

It should be standard to set focus into the dialogue in that way:

[walt.farrell]

If you're using the keyboard anyway then Y, N, or C work nicely and require fewer key presses.

But I understand your point.

[bures]

In addition, focus in dialogs and movement using tabs and arrows is standard in other applications.

[Pšenda]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

then Y, N, or C work

I'll just add that Esc also works.
But the absolute standard is for the less "harmful" option to be preselected (focused), and just press Enter.

[Pšenda]

34 minutes ago, Red Sands said:

With me in 2.0.4, the first button becomes active after two presses of tab, and then the arrow keys work.

For me, scrolling also works when I press Tab. But after the third press of the Tab or Arrow key, the focus of the buttons goes away again - which shouldn't happen at all, because the only objects/controls that can be focused should be toggled, and those are only the buttons. So it can be seen that the design (and therefore the behavior) of the dialog window is somewhat "non-standard".

[carl123]

9 hours ago, Pšenda said:

But the absolute standard is for the less "harmful" option to be preselected (focused), and just press Enter

The less harmful option would be "Cancel"

But Windows always seems to select the "Save" option

E.g. Notepad on Windows 11

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, carl123 said:

The less harmful option would be "Cancel"

Which of the options is less harmful is a matter of opinion - I favor the Save option. The point is that the user requested to close the modified file. So the harmful thing is that the close is completed without saving, so the user loses his work. If Cancel is executed, the edits are not lost (but it wasn't even saved, so the risk of data loss still remains), and the user's primary command to close the file is not executed. In the case of Save, the file is saved so that the edits are not lost, and the primary command to close the file is executed - in my opinion, the least harmful/intrusive operation.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Pšenda