This is how an alert dialog looks like in v0.29.2 on Windows:
And this is how it looks like in v0.30.0:
In version v0.30.0 we moved to using native dialogs which explains the different look.
The issues with this are:
- The new alert dialog no longer shows a close button (X). In most Windows apps, when you see a message box or a task dialog, it will have action buttons, but also the close button which is mapped to the default action (usually "Cancel" or "OK").
- The default caption of the dialog is the executable name (e.g. "electron.exe"). I think it makes more sense to use "productName".
- The style of the new dialogs is somewhat outdated (not "clean and flat" enough). In Windows 8, Microsoft added a
MessageDialog API that replaces the MessageBox and TaskDialog APIs for modern apps (see examples at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh738363#appropriate_use). Electron is not a modern/metro app so it can't access the new dialogs (and they are not available in Windows 7), but maybe we can simulate them. The Windows Github app which is a regular desktop app, displays dialogs that use the new style. Is it possible to get Electron to use the same?
Here's how dialogs look like in Github for Windows:
This is how an alert dialog looks like in v0.29.2 on Windows:
And this is how it looks like in v0.30.0:
In version v0.30.0 we moved to using native dialogs which explains the different look.
The issues with this are:
MessageDialogAPI that replaces theMessageBoxandTaskDialogAPIs for modern apps (see examples at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh738363#appropriate_use). Electron is not a modern/metro app so it can't access the new dialogs (and they are not available in Windows 7), but maybe we can simulate them. The Windows Github app which is a regular desktop app, displays dialogs that use the new style. Is it possible to get Electron to use the same?Here's how dialogs look like in Github for Windows:
