- From: Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:43:59 -0800
On 21-Nov-04, at 12:20 PM, Mattias Waldau wrote: > Paul Norman wrote: >> On 20-Sep-04, at 8:24 AM, Mattias Waldau wrote: >>> It should be possible to use ENTER to navigate through fields (Major) >>> >>> All software except browser just Enter to jump to the next control. >>> For some reason web form uses tab only and Enter means submit. This >>> might seem to be a small thing, but I know from personal experience >>> that this is a showstopper form some companies. >>> >>> Therefor it would be nice to if Enter could be used for navigation. >> All the software I've used uses enter dismiss dialog boxes or forms >> except for when the user might want to have enter as content (e.g. >> ICQ) >> No software I've used uses enter to switch between fields of a form >> except for Lynx where you can sometimes use enter. > > You talk about MS Windows/Motif/Mac like applications, and they have > the ENTER behavior you talk about. And I use a Mac so I'd expect my browser to be consistent with other applications (i.e. use enter or return to submit a form). I'd certainly not want to use an application that changed this behaviour. > However, if you look at OLDER applications you see that enter means > next field. Enter and return have been used for as long as I can remember on the Mac. You also claimed all software except for browsers uses enter to go between form fields. > Why do you think the enter key is placed on the numeric keypad? I'm not sure on that. > Or, why not try to press Enter inside an Excel spreadsheet, you see a > different behavior. I opened up Excel, created a new spreadsheet, went to preferences, unchecked and checked some random options, tabbed into a box where I could hit text and hit return. The action taken was equivalent to me hitting the "Ok" button. It didn't move me to another field. I don't think it is the place of Web Forms to require a certain behaviour that may be inconsistent with the keyboard conventions for a platform.
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