Bug#243085: back button looks out of place

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 05:03:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: cdebconf
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i
> 
> Without a continue button displayed any more, the back button looks out
> of place on the left hand side of select and string input dialog boxes.
> It made sense to put the back button on the left when the continue was
> on the right, to imply a left/right movement between pages. Without the
> continue button, this placement does not make sense. It looks awkward.
> 
> I think it would be better to still display the continue button if the
> back button is displayed. Only if there is no back button, the continue
> button can also be left off.
> 
> IIRC, that addresses the original problem that led to the removal of the
> continue buttons -- that a continue button looked awkward at the bottom
> of a select list, if it was the only button displayed.

I had #220478 in mind, several bugreports claim that a <Continue> button
is misleading when a select list has a 'Finish' choice.

Denis