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Simon L. Prinsloo
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Hi Stephan The results you saw is exactly what I would expect. If there is only one option, the result will always be positive (Yes), regardless of how you close the box. If there is two options, one will be naturally positive and the other naturally negative. I would always expect X to match the negative option, because it sort of signals to me that the user don't want to answer the question. If there are three options (YES-NO-CANCEL) it is (vaguely) documented that Cancel will be ?, to signal that the user did not exercise a decision. It makes sense that X matches Cancel in this case, because the user closed the box without making a decision. I do however believe that the fact that the box is not consistently presented is a defect. In my opinion a message box should never have a X. I am telling the user something and need him to acknowledge it, or I am asking a question and I expects an answer. The presence of the X is misleading and creates the impression that the user can ignore me and something else will happen. But what? Alternatively, if X matches Cancel for OK-CANCEL, it can just as well match NO for YES-NO, so if it must be there, let it always be there.
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