CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
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CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
That`s annoying (EPIM 8.14) . I have lost information this way. I think, ctrl-s should save every open item in the program. ctrl-s is a standard in many windows programs. Thanks!
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Hello,
EPIM automatically saves data, so in most cases there is no need for Ctrl+S. Can you please describe the steps to reproduce the potential issue?
EPIM automatically saves data, so in most cases there is no need for Ctrl+S. Can you please describe the steps to reproduce the potential issue?
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
If you are using a notes field like an editor and CTRL-S does not work you will sooner or later loose text when shuffling text blocks around (e. g. write something, use CTRL-S, you think it is safe, you write something more, you want to get rid only of the things written since the last CTRL-S, close the task without saving it, opening the task again, but everything is gone...). Besides this it`s bad software style when CTRL-S works in one part of the program (email) but not in the other (notes field of tasks). Both are text fields, usable for long text and should behave the same.
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Hello,
thank you, but can you give step-by-step description, how to lose written text in Notes of existing Task?
thank you, but can you give step-by-step description, how to lose written text in Notes of existing Task?
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Max, I already described: "write something, use CTRL-S, you think it is safe, you write something more, you want to get rid only of the things written since the last CTRL-S, close the task without saving it, opening the task again, but everything is gone..."
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
I see you point. We will consider your suggestion about Ctrl+S. However, at this moment, I do not think you can expect it to work unless it is declared expressly (and there is such point in menu, which duplicates the Ctrl+S)
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Max, where in the menu of a task (?, I don`t see one) is a button to save changes? I only see "OK", but this closes the task. CTRL-S leaves a text or email open. It`s kind of a windows standard:
https://defkey.com/what-means/ctrl-s
What is Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut for?
This shortcut is used by 249 programs in our database.
General description for this shortcut: Generally saves changes you made to currently open document, project, file, etc.
(...)
I don`t understand why EPIM uses different code for editing emails or tasks. The edit code should be the same, with some domain specific differences.
https://defkey.com/what-means/ctrl-s
What is Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut for?
This shortcut is used by 249 programs in our database.
General description for this shortcut: Generally saves changes you made to currently open document, project, file, etc.
(...)
I don`t understand why EPIM uses different code for editing emails or tasks. The edit code should be the same, with some domain specific differences.
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Hello,
there is no such menu in Task modal window, thus there is no Ctrl+S working.
There are not many Windows applications with modal windows that actually support Ctrl+S. For an experiment, how many modal windows can you count in Word/Excel that actually support Ctrl+S?
New mail window is fundamentally different from Tasks window.
there is no such menu in Task modal window, thus there is no Ctrl+S working.
There are not many Windows applications with modal windows that actually support Ctrl+S. For an experiment, how many modal windows can you count in Word/Excel that actually support Ctrl+S?
New mail window is fundamentally different from Tasks window.
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Max, an open task in EPIM is not a modal window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window
An open task is like an open text document.
Of course in Word and Excel (I prefer Libreoffice) CTRL-S works in open documents:
https://defkey.com/what-means/ctrl-s
An open task is like an open text document.
Of course in Word and Excel (I prefer Libreoffice) CTRL-S works in open documents:
https://defkey.com/what-means/ctrl-s
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
Looks like there is a confusion. I am referring to your text "you write something more, you want to get rid only of the things written since the last CTRL-S, close the task without saving it"
Can you please make a screenshot of the exact tasks window, where you write (and which you close later)?
Can you please make a screenshot of the exact tasks window, where you write (and which you close later)?
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
A task windows is not a modal window because I can open more than one and work in several of them at the same time, because I don`t have to close it to continue the main app:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window
In user interface design for computer applications, a modal window is a graphical control element subordinate to an application's main window. It creates a mode that disables the main window but keeps it visible, with the modal window as a child window in front of it. Users must interact with the modal window before they can return to the parent application. (...)
The task window I showed is like an editor window and should behave as such, as any windows program for editing text I`m using frequently (Thunderbird, EPIM in its mail window, Libreoffice, Notepad). Do you have a personal problem with me or why you can`t admit such an obvious fact?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window
In user interface design for computer applications, a modal window is a graphical control element subordinate to an application's main window. It creates a mode that disables the main window but keeps it visible, with the modal window as a child window in front of it. Users must interact with the modal window before they can return to the parent application. (...)
The task window I showed is like an editor window and should behave as such, as any windows program for editing text I`m using frequently (Thunderbird, EPIM in its mail window, Libreoffice, Notepad). Do you have a personal problem with me or why you can`t admit such an obvious fact?
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Re: CTRL-S works in emails but not in tasks
You are right, it is technically not a modal window:) Your suggestion about Ctrl+S is noted, thank you.
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