[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM] #9968: GUI: Selecting fullscreen mode inconsistency

[macca8]

#9968: GUI: Selecting fullscreen mode inconsistency
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  Reporter:  angstsmurf  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal      |  Component:  GUI
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
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Comment (by macca8):

 Quote: "When I change a setting in a computer program, I generally don't
 expect the change to be temporary."

 Exactly. And setting the Fullscreen mode option is how you enforce that
 behaviour for both Launcher & game environments.

 Alt-Enter is simply a tool for switching the current screen mode in the
 ''current'' environment only. It's temporary in the context of its
 relationship with user preferences, and not sticking when you quit.

 Whether or not the change sticks when changing environments depends on
 whether or not the user has already set a preferred mode for that
 environment (and that is determined by the presence of a fullscreen
 setting in the appropriate section of the Config File).

 As far as documentation is concerned, the User Manual contains an outdated
 reference (refers to Alt-F5) in the section describing how to use the
 Fullscreen mode option which indicates its intended purpose.

 The problem here is that Alt-Enter is being taken out of context (i.e. it
 doesn't ''set'' screen modes, only switches them), so clarity of its
 purpose is probably all that's needed.

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