Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 70207
Menu options to be grouped on the right hand side
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:03 EDT
Description of Problem: When selecting <main menu> - <Log Out> a: "Really log out?" menu appears with the options: ---------------------- []Save current setup Action (*)Log Out ( )Shutdown ( )Reboot |Help| |Cancel| | OK | ---------------------- These options are justified (aligned) on the left hand side, but the OK button is on the right. Would it not make more sense if it was justified (aligned) on the right side? Something Like this: ---------------------- ..Save current setup[] ...............Action ............Log Out(*) ...........Shutdown( ) .............Reboot( ) |Help| |Cancel| | OK | ---------------------- My reasoning is this: Since you are commonly making selections with the mouse cursor (mouse pointer) and then selecting "OK", it would make the most sense to group the selections. Currently people will be more apt to select the Help button by mistake. Don't get me wrong... The Help system looks really nice and all, but it will normally only be selected when people are 'Looking' for help.. :) I did not mention moving the OK button to the Left hand side because I can see that keeping it on the right hand side has become a standard ... and standards are good. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information:
Check buttons have the check on the left, which is a more important issue in this case IMO. (If nothing else GTK won't let you put the check on the right, unless you are in a Hebrew or Arabic locale; but even if it did, it would break the usual convention.) Anyway, we would not make this change in a Red Hat patch, this would need to be done upstream at gnome.org.