Offset button in "answer" dialogs

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Mon Dec 6 21:43:23 EST 2004


On 12/6/04 12:05 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

> Under Mac OS X, Apple's HI guidelines specify that when displaying an 
> alert with a third button which can potentially cause data loss (as 
> opposed to other, "safe" buttons), that button should be offset from the 
> other two buttons.  Rev seems to do this automatically when the third 
> button is "Don't Save", but I would like to do this with a button having 
> a different label.
> 
> In other words, I have a button which has a different title, but may 
> cause data loss.  Short of building a custom dialog for this, is there 
> any way to coax the "answer" dialog into offsetting a button with a 
> different name?

I'm not sure if this will help, but the dialog only checks for the word 
"don't". So if you can label your button with anything that starts with 
"don't" you are in business.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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