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Bug 18818 - About dialog cannot be closed (Was: About dialog is closed after press of ANY key)
Summary: About dialog cannot be closed (Was: About dialog is closed after press of ANY...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: jrojcek
URL:
Keywords: A11Y
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-12-19 15:09 UTC by Lukas Hasik
Modified: 2008-12-22 23:58 UTC (History)
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Description Lukas Hasik 2001-12-19 15:09:02 UTC 
a, 
  1,Help->About
  2,About opens
  3, press any key -> About is closed 

b,
  1,Help->About
  2,About opens
  3,switch to Details tab
  4, focus any Product information label (by tab or ctrl+tab)
  5,press any key ->  About is closed


This is strange and confusing behaviour for users.
Comment 1 _ ttran 2001-12-20 11:32:25 UTC 
this is by design, a bad design probably.  The About box used to
contain only the splash image and closes on any key press.  Later
Details tab was added which created a need for switching between two
tabs using keyboard, so that Tab, Ctrl+Tab were hacked into the
logics.  I agree the whole thing is very strange.

It's up to HIE/UI to come up with a better About box, for example with
the usual "Close" button.  What if we just throwed away the splash
image altogether?  What's its value for the user?
Comment 2 jrojcek 2002-01-03 17:16:44 UTC 
Fixed in [release33].
About dialog can be closed only by ESC or ENTER.
Comment 3 Jan Zajicek 2002-01-04 11:23:04 UTC 
in 200201040331
Comment 4 Jan Zajicek 2002-01-04 12:21:10 UTC 
Opps. Was veryfied on jdk1.3.1_02 where this works well. As Lukas have
pointed out, on JDK1.4.0-rc-b90, the dialog cannot be closed using any
key. Reopenning, adding keyword and changing Summary.
Comment 5 jrojcek 2002-01-09 16:45:12 UTC 
Fixed in release33.

ESC key can be used for closing About dialog.
Comment 6 Lukas Hasik 2002-01-10 09:50:36 UTC 
verified in 200201100331 on jdk1.3.1_02 and jdk1.4-b90
Comment 7 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:47:32 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.