# Using a "Don't Ask Again" Checkbox in Confirmation Dialogs

DevFeed: [Using a "Don't Ask Again" Checkbox in Confirmation Dialogs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tip-don-t-ask-again-19572.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tip-dont-ask-again/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dialog.md>)

Tags: [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dialog.md>), [figure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figure.md>), [mac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac.md>), [mac-os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac-os.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses confirmation dialogs for reversible actions, comparing macOS behavior with systems that repeatedly ask for confirmation. It proposes a dialog with a "don't ask again" checkbox as a compromise between safety and user convenience.

## Source excerpt

One of my favorite things about Mac OS is something subtle that took me a while to notice: it doesn't ask stupid questions. If you delete a file on a Mac it goes to the trashcan immediately, no question. Even though other OS's copied the trashcan concept they didn't embrace it in the same way, most of them still ask whether you are sure about this action even though the action is reversible.