[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49644] questdlg displays buttons in reverse order

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #49644 (project octave):

                  Status:                   Fixed => Confirmed              
             Open/Closed:                  Closed => Open                   

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Follow-up Comment #4:

I'm afraid it's not that simple. Reopening.

The button order was actually correct for me until this change, and remains
correct with 4.2.0.

I suspect that Qt presents pushbuttons in a different order depending on what
desktop environment / window manager / OS it detects is running, so that it
can behave like the native framework expects it to.

Under GNOME, I expect it presents buttons in reverse order because GNOME Human
Interface Guidelines (https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/dialogs.html.en)
say that the "affirmative" (e.g. OK) button on a dialog should be presented
after (to the right of) the Cancel button.

There must be a way to tell Qt to override whatever built-in rules it has
about what order buttons should appear in, so that the user is in control
rather than the windowing environment.

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