[PD] Apply button missing from properties in 0.46.7

[Dan Wilcox]

“switch to linux” … real helpful :P

I brought this up recently on pd-dev: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2015-11/020478.html <http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2015-11/020478.html>

The curent situation is a bit half-way as the button was removed to match the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (aka persistent changes are saved by default, hence no “Apply” button). The problem is that updates are not applied until *after* the dialog is closed. This means making small GOP changes, for instance, is a pain in the ass since you have to keep opening and closing the dialog. IMO this works *against* the HIG as is far worse than simply having a button.

There are two solutions:

1. simply bring back the Apply button on OSX, I did this on my version of Vanilla by commenting out some if statements in the tcl code

2. add apply code in the tcl to update the canvas/gui object whenever changes are applied to any text box in the dialog

I’ll look into option 2 as it’s really the best solution.

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Dan Wilcox
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> On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:11 AM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
> From: IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at <mailto:zmoelnig at iem.at>>
> Date: December 3, 2015 at 4:57:04 AM MST
> To: pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>
> Subject: Re: [PD] Apply button missing from properties in 0.46.7
> 
> 
> On 2015-12-03 12:41, Si Mills wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Is the omission of the Apply btn in the properties dialogues (present in
>> Pd-extended) a feature of latest vanilla build or a bug?
> 
> a feature¹.
> 
> http://lists.puredata.info/namazu/pd-list/namazu.cgi?query=apply+button <http://lists.puredata.info/namazu/pd-list/namazu.cgi?query=apply+button>
> 
> gsdfmt
> IOhannes
> 
> ¹ that should go away. in the meantime you could switch to linux where
> there *is* an apply button.

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