- From: David Bolter <david.bolter@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:28:24 -0400
- To: Gijs Kruitbosch <gijskruitbosch@gmail.com>
- CC: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>, wai-xtech@w3.org
Gijs, I think I agree. I think of escape as a "cancel" action. D Gijs Kruitbosch wrote: > > Is escape actually used for closing things anymore? I think on most > platforms it will correspond to the "cancel" option in dialogues, > otherwise I don't think it's usually used. > > As an additional point, tabbed content which you close is usually > really deleted - you can't get it back, it's a destructive action. > Whereas when escape is used in a dialog, the exact point is that it > should be the "no harm done" option (eg, when closing a word processor > with an open document which has changes, hitting escape on the "do you > want to save this?" dialog will stop the app from closing). So > personally, I'd really prefer delete, and not escape, to perform this > function. > > ~ Gijs > > David Bolter wrote: >> >> Interesting, perhaps both delete and escape should be offered. >> >> In case you are interested here is what I have in my dojo sandbox: >> http://david.atrc.utoronto.ca/dijit/tests/layout/test_TabContainer.html >> >> cheers, >> David >> David Poehlman wrote: >>> that or escape. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bolter" >>> <david.bolter@utoronto.ca> >>> To: <wai-xtech@w3.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:33 PM >>> Subject: tabbed page containers and delete >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> In the specific case where focus is on a tab for a tab page which is >>> closeable, I propose the keyboard user should be able to hit the >>> delete key to close/remove the page, without modifiers. >>> >>> Does this sound reasonable? >>> >>> cheers, >>> David Bolter >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
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