Closed
Bug 93908
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
Remove the Reset button!
Categories
(Bugzilla :: User Interface, defect, P2)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
FIXED
Bugzilla 2.16
People
(Reporter: brendanb, Assigned: myk)
References
Details
Since the dawn of HTML/2.0 (or whenever the FORM tag appeared), people have been adding that worthless and destructive button next to the Submit button on EVERY form I see. As the maintainer of RPGBoard, a message board script, it was one of the first things I removed, as the pain of clearing away an hour's worth of typing was enough to start bitching at the one who put the button there. Let's start/continue a trend and remove it here!
Comment 1•23 years ago
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That button exists for a reason though. If I really screw up a query and want to start over, the button is a heck of a lot faster than reloading the page when I'm on a 28K dialup connection. :-) How about if we move it further away from the Submit button so it's not so easy to hit it on accident?
Comment 2•23 years ago
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Presumably the HTML 2.0 spec does not prohibit a browser from providing an undo action for a reset button, or otherwise insist that performing a reset be irrevokable. It seems strange that (at least in MSIE5.0) I can undo every edit on a form _except_ accidentally pressing Escape or clicking on the "Reset" button. Perhaps what is really required here is an enhancement to the browser to allow the reset action to be undone.
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Comment 3•23 years ago
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> That button exists for a reason though. If I really screw up a query and want
> to start over, the button is a heck of a lot faster than reloading the page when
> I'm on a 28K dialup connection. :-)
Lemme put in this way:
Number of times I -WANTED- to use the Reset button: 2
Number of times I accidently hit the Reset button: 22
Yes, I think that an undo function would work great, but it's just not there.
Frankly, I think an undo function on FORMs on all browsers should work exactly
like most advanded text editors. Put in an undo buffer, up to about 5-10
actions, including hitting the Reset button.
Updated•23 years ago
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Priority: -- → P2
Target Milestone: --- → Bugzilla 2.16
Comment 4•23 years ago
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-> New Bugzilla Product
Assignee: justdave → myk
Component: Bugzilla → User Interface
Product: Webtools → Bugzilla
Version: Bugzilla 2.13 → 2.13
Comment 5•23 years ago
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We are currently trying to wrap up Bugzilla 2.16. We are now close enough to release time that anything that wasn't already ranked at P1 isn't going to make the cut. Thus this is being retargetted at 2.18. If you strongly disagree with this retargetting, please comment, however, be aware that we only have about 2 weeks left to review and test anything at this point, and we intend to devote this time to the remaining bugs that were designated as release blockers.
Target Milestone: Bugzilla 2.16 → Bugzilla 2.18
Comment 6•23 years ago
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While I don't strong disargee...come on, guys! This is just a removal of one line :) I tell you what. Somebody point out the file, and I'll make a patch for it. I can relate to the request to keep the button, so something like this would work: [tr] [td align=left][Commit button][/td] [td align=right][Reset button][/td] [/tr] So, it would look like this: [Commit] [Reset] Not too ugly and serves its purpose.
Comment 8•23 years ago
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Are you sure? That bug is about query.cgi, not show_bug.cgi. And when do you expect this change to appear on Mozilla's version?
Comment 9•23 years ago
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doh, you're right. However, I don't see any mention of show_bug.cgi anywhere in the comments until the one you just said saying so, but yes, indeed, that form still has a reset button on it... based on the comments in bug 98079, we may want to go with leaving it on the form, but putting some separation between them. That'll be covered on bug 110012. Since all previous comments on this bug seemed to indicate query.cgi, I'd just as soon leave this one closed. Feel free to add comments requesting that change to bug 110012 though.
Comment 10•23 years ago
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*** Bug 122272 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11•22 years ago
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fixing incorrect milestones on fixed bugs.
Target Milestone: Bugzilla 2.18 → Bugzilla 2.16
Comment 12•22 years ago
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*** Bug 141724 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•12 years ago
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QA Contact: matty_is_a_geek → default-qa
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