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LanceNichols
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November 5, 2021
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Cancel and close buttons on the left and right?

  • November 5, 2021
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Anyone else press cancel thinking you're pressing OK when creating alternate layout?

Everywhere else cancel or close is on the right and it gets me nearly every time!

 

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2021

I think that's the issue, @LanceNichols. 

 

I pulled Mac screen shots and they are all consistent, including the Create and Close, which swapped positions in your screen shot. I would go ahead and report it here: https://indesign.uservoice.com, and reference this thread.

 

The inconsistency is definitely confusing.

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2021

Hmmm. I'd say the opposite. What version of InDesign are you using and which operating system?

 

Cancel is normally on the left, and the OK is on the right in all of the dialog boxes I checked.  Here is a small sampling.

 

~Barb 

 

 

  

 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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Doc Maik
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November 5, 2021

Barb, I think he was referring to Create and Close, where Create is the equivalent of OK, because both trigger an action.

In my logic, they're switched.

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