Offset button in "answer" dialogs

Frank D. Engel, Jr. fde101 at fjrhome.net
Thu Dec 9 12:12:44 EST 2004


That works fine.  Thank you!

On Dec 6, 2004, at 9:43 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> 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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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

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$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
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