Re: Issues with supporting "enter" key for activation of buttons in APG examples

On 27 January 2017 at 16:16, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> I think Jon is describing a scenario where the dialog has a default
> button or action.  In this design, the default button reacts to the
> "enter" keystroke, regardless of where focus is.  Note that the default
> button is rendered in a way that makes it clear that it is the
> default*.  If the default action is somehow dangerous, then there should
> be a followup dialog along the lines of: "are you sure you want to X?"
> allowing the user to cancel the default action, and return to the
> original dialog.
>

Hi Joseph, this sounds like an edge case that changes the expected
interaction behaviour in a negative way, and while it may be desired to
limit the button activation in this limited situation it does not support
the notion that buttons should not respond to the enter key under any
circumstance.

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Regards

SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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