Saved/Unsaved Indicator

#1

It’d be great to have a saved/saving indicator. Not having feedback on wether my file was saved or not is a little anxiety inducing. :slight_smile:

#2

Hi @daveyholler. What platform are you on? On OS X Subform follows the convention of showing a dot in the “red light” in the window.

This is saved:

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and this is unsaved:

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Did you have another indicator in mind or example of what another app does that you like?

#3

In some app, you see the file name in the window’s title bar followed with an * when you’ve made changes since the last save and it disappears once you save the file, until the next modification.

#4

Ha. That works! I’m on Mac… is that a convention that I’ve just never noticed? I’m more familiar with what @astrid.boivin mentioned below. But now that I know it’s there, I’m good for now. :slight_smile:

#5

I work on both system and I had NEVER noticed the red dot thing on Mac OS! That’s to say how discreet it is (and seriously that’s the last place I would have look for such an indicator…)

Another good point for the * is that it would work on all systems!

#6

@astrid.boivin, thanks for bringing up the asterisk — it’s a common pattern and worth following in addition to the OS X platform guidelines.
I’ll look into adding it to the titlebar for the upcoming release.