Opened 7 years ago
Last modified 7 years ago
#17303 new enhancement
No obvious way to exit snapshot "Properties" without changes
Reported by: | Jim Avera | Owned by: | |
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Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.0 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Guest type: | all | Host type: | Linux |
Description
In vboxmanage, Snapshots view, if an existing snapshot is selected and then the "Properties" button is pressed, a large editable form appears. It has "Reset" and "Apply" buttons but they are grayed out if no changes have been made (as they should be).
The problem is, there is no apparent way to make the form go away without making any changes.
I suggest adding a "Cancel" button which closes the form without making changes (and discarding changes if entered). Most users will immediately understand it's function, since many dialogs in Linux and Open Office work that way (for example).
I see now that clicking "Properties" a second time *eventually* makes the properties form go away. But not until several seconds have elapsed.
Whatever vboxmanage is doing during this delay, it probably should not be doing in this case. There's no reason to check if another process didn't make conflicting changes, since no changes are being requested (if changes *were* entered, then such a check should be made when Apply is clicked).
I still think a "Cancel" button should be there. Most software systems work that way.