Save Verification

[ScotDiddle]

Another feature I would like to see in a future release is for save button to be disabled if a save to the current file has been done since open, but no changes have taken place since the last save. Also, along the same line, for a newly opened file which has not had any changes applied to it. Thanks. Scot L. Diddle

[printmkr]

Yes, the same with the "Save All" icon would be great too, like HomeSite. It gives you a visual assurance that the file(s) you are looking at have been saved and is particularly helpful if you have "preview documents without saving" UNchecked.

[Karlis]

Currently there is a "Modified" marker in the status bar and the asterisk "*" on the document tab in the Taskbar. You can use these signs to tell whether the files is modified or not.

[KeithHurst]

Yes there is a modified identifier on the tab bu tht eye naturally navigates to the save icon when you need to recheck if you have saved it or not. I can understand why some people don't want it. In that case can this option be made configurable ?

Thanks
Keith

[syrupcore]

Yes there is a modified identifier on the tab bu tht eye naturally navigates to the save icon when you need to recheck if you have saved it or not.

Actually, my eye naturally navigates to the tab down below to see if there's an asterisk.

[KeithHurst]

Must just be the software I'm used to using then... I've always gravitated towards any SAVE icon which might be visible.

Keith

[chrisjlocke]

Keep away from Wordpad, as that save icon doesn't change either.

[davenz]

I like and prefer the * in the tab convention; I gave gotten into the habit of checking there rather than even thinking of looking at the save icon, which I have never relied on to tell me save state in any software. As I am in the habit of using Control + S every ten seconds, it is second nature for me to have saved everything anyway, which comes from using flakey editors in the past and getting sick and tired of losing stuff.

As for Wordapd, no MS applications I know of use a faded save icon to signify an unsaved state; come to think of it, I havent used any applications that use that feature at all.

Dave.

[MikeyB]

The advantage of the * in the file tabs is that you can instantly see any other files that have not been saved apart from the one you're currently editing.

Changing the save icon would only indicate the status if the current file, so you'd have to tab through each one to check.

The other editor I use works the same way as WeBuilder, although it uses icons rather than just a *

[syrupcore]

dave and mikey, dropping science!

lol @ every 10 seconds. me too man, me too. a disease almost.