"! Restore hidden windows" button purpose in Tools>Global settings?

[glschmidt]

What is the purpose of the "! Restore hidden windows" button purpose in Tools>Global settings?
When I click it the following dialogue opens: "Restore all hidden windows and warnings?" Restore - Cancel.
I don't want to mess up something I can't undo.

Thanks, Greg
Version: 6.2
Build: Feb 1 2014 - Unicode x64

[dani349]

An other good question which I also have. Just came across this myself and wonder what on earth it is.

I'll be waiting to hear this as well.

[Zenju]

Sometimes the user is given the option to "not show this warning/dialog again". This button makes them reappear. Any improvement to the button label needed?

[blues12]

Show all warnings

[Zenju]

Show all warnings

It's not only warnings. This also affects: 1. save config confirmation 2. confirm start sync 3. Confirm external command mass invokation

[dani349]

Sometimes the user is given the option to "not show this warning/dialog again". This button makes them reappear. Any improvement to the button label needed?

Maybe just a link to a section in the helpfile with such an explanation. Otherwise people may not know what it's for just like we see here.

Or a brief tooltip with something like you just said above "Sometimes the user is given the option to "not show this warning/dialog again". This button makes them reappear."

[Zenju]

Maybe just a link to a section in the helpfile with such an explanation. Otherwise people may not know what it's for just like we see here.

Or a brief tooltip with something like you just said above "Sometimes the user is given the option to "not show this warning/dialog again". This button makes them reappear."

A tooltip is a good idea, I'll add one for the next release!

[blues12]

Well, then "Show all dialogs" or "Show all messages" or "Show all warnings and Confirm-Dialogs"

My reasoning = since they're hidden, the usual pair is called Show/Hide.
But some programs also call it "Reset all Dialogs"

[Zenju]

I've renamed the button to "Show hidden dialogs again" and added a tooltip "Show all your hidden dialogs and warning messages again". Let me know if this still needs some improvement.