Feature request: Problem with Exit button in pop up menu and possible solution

[metablaster]

Before creating

• This is NOT a gameplay feature from Civ VI, BNW, or outside - see Roadmap
• This is NOT a gameplay feature from Vanilla Civ V or from G&K - If so, it should be a comment in Missing features from Civ V - G&K #4697

Problem Description

Recently on Discord I proposed "Exit" button to be put into game popup menu and that was implemented (thank you), however I only now understand why you said it's counter intuitive.

There are 2 problems with the button as it stands now:

1. First problem is that it doesn't ask user if they want to exit game.

2. Second problem is that while we're in main menu (not pop up menu) we still need to press ESC key to exit game, and the only way to get to the Exit button from pop up menu is to enter a game which is what is really counter intuitive.

Related Issue Links

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Desired Solution

1. Exit button in popup menu is just fine, however it should pop up a prompt asking if player really wants to exit game, as per screenshot below.

This dialog should pop up because otherwise a user might lose game progress by not realizing that Exit button terminates the game immediately, the dialog should also pop up for the second button below:

3. Exit button is missing in main menu requiring to first enter game in order to have the button, therefore I propose that an additional exit button is put in place as shown in BLUE square in screenshot below:

Pressing ESC key in main menu is a problem btw. because it doesn't exit game if there is game running behind the scene, instead it loads currently played game and brings up pop up menu with currently existing Exit button.

Alternative Approaches

An alternative approach is to have the Exit button only in main menu (2nd screenshot) but not in in-game pop up menu.

Additional Context

I'm happy and thankful for Exit button to exist however I didn't realize these problems before, hopefully it won't be too difficult to implement and fix this.

[yairm210]

That place on the main menu is a very weird place to put a "close" button, very counterintuitive

[metablaster]

The shape and placement of the button in main menu is for you to decide, I was only suggesting where to place it and how it might look like.

In any case I think it should exist somewhere in the main menu because the only way to get out of main menu is ESC key which doesn't work as expected if there is open game running behind the scene, because ESC key will enter the game and bring up popup menu instead of prompting to exit game.

ESC key in main menu will prompt to exit only if there is no game open.