[Beta] Strange look of the Sync Dir dialog when reading dirs

[Flint]

When in Synchronize Dirs the list of directories is being read, the buttons in the Show section become disabled. But this "disabled" mode looks strange: while in enabled mode some buttons are pressed and some are unpressed, in disabled mode all of them look unpressed. Here are the screenshots:
http://flint-inc.ru/Temp/tc/sd_enabled.png
http://flint-inc.ru/Temp/tc/sd_disabled.png

[Lefteous]

2Flint
Sometimes using abbreviations is not a good idea. You are not talking about the multi rename tool but about the synchronize directories dialog, don't you?

[Flint]

Lefteous
Yes, you're right of course. I fixed my post.

[ghisler(Author)]

while in enabled mode some buttons are pressed and some are unpressed, in disabled mode all of them look unpressed

There is no pressed disabled state, so all look the same when disabled. I had to change this behaviour (make them disabled) because I now have to call MessageLoop() all the time, otherwise Windows Vista thinks that the application has crashed (thank you, Microsoft, for this useless feature).

[Flint]

Maybe, it's possible to make these buttons look like other disabled buttons? (Like e.g. "Synchronize" button on my "sd_disabled" screenshot. I mean flat and grey.)

[XPEHOPE3KA]

ghisler(Author)
How about a separate version for Vista? So that XP-users (& others) won't suffer from "Vista changes".

[ghisler(Author)]

Actually XP users also profit from this change, because now the "Abort" button works also on XP! Until now, it was only possible to abort by pressing ESC.

[Flint]

And what about the flat style?

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)

There is no pressed disabled state, so all look the same when disabled. I had to change this behaviour (make them disabled) because I now have to call MessageLoop() all the time, otherwise Windows Vista thinks that the application has crashed (thank you, Microsoft, for this useless feature).

Noone forces you to call MessageLoop. Microsoft just doesn't support this bad single-threaded habit.

[ghisler(Author)]

Noone forces you to call MessageLoop. Microsoft just doesn't support this bad single-threaded habit.

Even when using a separate thread I would have to disable the buttons during the comparison...

Maybe, it's possible to make these buttons look like other disabled buttons?

You are right, when I added theming to Delphi buttons, I didn't add the disabled state at the time, because I didn't need it!

I can now offer the following solutions:

Let's start with a mix of pressed and not pressed buttons in their active state:
http://ghisler.ch/img/normal_buttons.gif

First proposal: Show them all disabled:
http://ghisler.ch/img/all_disabled.gif

Second proposal: Show the UP buttons disabled, but the down buttons down but with disabled text colors:
http://ghisler.ch/img/disabled+down.gif

Third proposal: Show up and down buttons in their normal up and down style, but with disabled text:
http://ghisler.ch/img/up+down_disabledtext.gif

What do you think? The first proposal would strictly use the XP disabled style. The second and third proposal have the advantage that the button state can be seen during the comparison. However, they may not look good with other XP styles.

Please let me know your preferences! I have made a poll of this message.

[Flint]

I voted fot the second proposal. Of course, "all disabled" is more standard, but I think, seeing which buttons are pressed would be more convenient for the users.

[Clo]

2Flint

Hello K. !

• You forgot a fourth option :
« I don't care, I never use that function.»

 KR
Claude
Clo

[ghisler(Author)]

You don't need to vote if you don't care.

[Clo]

2ghisler(Author)

Maybe, but such an option could give surprising results…

 VG
Claude
Clo

[Flint]

Hello K. !

Hello, C. !

• You forgot a fourth option :
« I don't care, I never use that function.»

The poll was added not by me but by Christian. When I created the thread I did not make any poll here.