Bug 552299 - Avoid showing "Back" on the first page of a wizard
Summary: Avoid showing "Back" on the first page of a wizard
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.13   Edit
Hardware: PC All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted, usability
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Reported: 2019-10-22 03:49 EDT by Lars Vogel CLA
Modified: 2019-10-25 08:15 EDT (History)
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Description Lars Vogel CLA 2019-10-22 03:49:03 EDT 
I suggest to hide the Back button instead of disabling it, if we are on the first page of a wizard.
Comment 1 Michael Keppler CLA 2019-10-25 08:15:11 EDT 
This can lead to very strange UIs for multiple reasons:
* There might be custom wizards with more than just the back, next, finish, cancel buttons. They suddenly have an empty space somewhere in the button row.
* If "back" is hidden on first page, "next" should of course be hidden on last page for the same reason. This creates a gap in the button row of _every_ wizard.
* While there might be some widget types that toggle between hidden/visible while the user is working with a dialog, I would generally consider this an anti-pattern for button controls. I'm not aware of another dialog in Eclipse which has buttons that can be both hidden and visible during one interaction with that dialog.

Therefore I suggest to leave it as is.
Comment 2 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-10-25 08:15:45 EDT 
OK