Cancel in "axis selection" dialog about freecad_assembly4 HOT 2 CLOSED

the "Cancel" button serves when attaching a part, and you don't want to retain the new location: in this case, the old attachment is restored, meaning that the new attachment is cancelled. For a part that has not been attached before, there is an ambiguity, you're right.

Can you please try to attach a part that has been attached before and tell whether the Cancel button behaves as expected ?

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When re-attaching a part, the cancel behavior is correct.
It's not an ambiguity, it's more like a confusion for someone who don't know how the button should behave in that case.
Here's the scenario related to another case I've opened (no needed axis appear in the selection list):
I want to add a sub-assembly part, select it from the list, get to the document that shows the attachment points (LCSs, axis), see that there is no needed attachment point listed. Want to abort... What should I do?
Cancel is the most reasonable button I would press.
Going back to the sub-assembly part I need to add the axis to, fix whatever need to be fixed (add axis, do import), get back to the main assembly, add the sub-assembly part again (since I've canceled previous operation)...
In that case I'll have 2 sub-assembly parts in the main assembly...
That's from the new user point of view. Now that I know that the operation is not really canceled, I'll go to the list and re-attach the sub-assembly, or delete the object after "canceling" the operation.

You're the owner of the repository, its your right to close the issues, but I think you close it too fast.
For me, as a new user (and a programmer with experience), the behavior doesn't looks right.
At least leave it as a minor bug, TODO, or whatever, since its not a show-stopper.

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