Mistake in "remove write protection" dialog

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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Mistake in "remove write protection" dialog

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In the dialog that is displayed when copying or moving a file or a folder fails, there are 5 Buttons when using WinXP or Win2000.

In this case the following behavior can be watched:

When pressing the cursor buttons left or right the focus of the buttons is changed correctly (1-2-3-4-5-1-... respectively 1-5-4-3-2-1-...)

When pressing the up key the sequence is 1-5-2-1-... (not expected)
When pressing the down key the sequence is 1-4-5-1-... (not expected)

So with up and down key you are not able to reach all buttons.

EDIT: on Win98 (with only 3 Buttons in this dialog) everything works fine.
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I don't know what dialog you mean. When I try to copy a file, and the target is open for writing, I get a dialog with 4 buttons:
Skip, Retry, Abort, Rename
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When the source file is open for writing, I get a dialog with 4 buttons:
Skip, Retry
Skip all, Abort

So what are you refering to?
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Sorry, I forgot to post a screenshot, because I thought it was clear which dialog I mean. Here is the screenshot:

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Thanks!
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Additional information for reproduction:
This dialog for example appears when you are a standard user (non administrator) and try to rename a file where you only have read rights.

Is it reproducible?
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

I have found the dialog now, thanks! However, it behaves as designed! What exactly do you dislike about the cursor movement?

The idea is: When you press LEFT or UP from the first button, you get to the last button. When you press down or right on the last button, you get to the first button. This behaviour is not modified by TC, it's the normal Windows behaviour in this case. TC only modifies what happens when you press UP on the lower row, or DOWN on the upper row, to jump directly to the button in that direction.

So what would you expect in these cases?
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Well for me the following things are unexpected:
- you can leave the abort button with both, UP and DOWN, but you are not able to come back to the abort button using UP or DOWN

- when pressing first UP and then DOWN (or other way round) you are not on the same button (additional UP and DOWN are not commutative) what I normally would expect
Examples:
1. if you are on Retry and press UP the focus switches to Skip. Pressing down switches to As Administrator.
2. Start at Retry. Press UP - DOWN -> active button is "As Administrator"
Press DOWN - UP -> active button is "Retry"
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