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Which button should get the focus at delete dialogs?
I thought that most destructive actions should be avoided from default actions. But when a delete dialog comes, I see that most Windows applications (even the OS), by default, set the focus at ...
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Windows Forms Best Practices [closed]
What are the best practices for enhancing the user-experience on forms on Windows, including usability, efficiency, design and effectiveness, and would you suggest that the operating environment of a ...
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Generate a list of resolutions for a new window
My program is a wrapper for Remote Desktop Connection which generates a ".rdp" file and launches the file through the normal program. I am trying to mimic Remote Desktop Connection's resolution slider ...
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Folder picker: Some users want to preview contents of the folder but others find this confusing
In our Silverlight application we have a wizard that gives the users the ability to browse to a specific folder on the server and in a subsequent step select the specific files that they wish to ...
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What's the best positioning strategy for dialog boxes?
In a Windows application, there are many options for determining the starting position of a dialog.
In the center of the application's main window
In the center of the screen where the application's ...