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UI/UX: Review the use of a simple red highlight around textfields when invalid data has been typed as to whether this effectively highlights the problem #6147

Open mgeddesGM opened 4 months ago

mgeddesGM commented 4 months ago

Description

If a user types the name of a non-existing asset in an instance's variable modal in the room editor, then this value will be wiped, even after pressing save when the modal is closed. The user will not be alerted to this

Steps To Reproduce

  1. import the attached project
  2. open the room editor
  3. open the instance of object
  4. open the variables modal
  5. in the values field type "bob"
  6. save and then close the variable modal
  7. reopen and see the value is wiped 8 type a space in the value field. The background of the text box will turn red showing an invalid entry

Which version of GameMaker are you reporting this issue for?

IDE v2024.600.0.567 Runtime v2024.600.0.588

Which operating system(s) are you seeing the problem on?

Windows 10.0.19045.0

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mgeddesGM commented 4 months ago

this is linked to steps 3 and 4 of the issue #6001

YYDan commented 4 months ago

The Tileset Editor (IIRC) does this a lot also, so it's quite standard throughout the IDE. Have changed the title to be more generic.