Please file a bug on the documentation. On Aug 5, 2010, at 1:29 AM, Martin Wierschin wrote:
>> The HIG states: >> >> ----- >> Enter >> Most applications add information to a document as soon as the user enters >> it. In some cases, however, the application may need to wait until a whole >> collection of information is available before processing it. The Enter key >> tells the application that the user has finished entering information in a >> particular area of the document, such as a text field. While the user is >> entering text into a text document, pressing Enter has no effect. >> ----- >> >> But, what I have noticed is that both Pages and Keynote treat the enter key >> just like the return key when entering text, which seems to go against the >> HIG. > > The humble TextEdit also violates the HIG. > > Personally I don't have a strong opinion on it, but I don't see why the Enter > key shouldn't do something in a text document. It's not as if the user would > expect the keystroke to dismiss the whole document window as it would with a > sheet/dialog. But perhaps the HIG is concerned with the reverse? That a user > gets accustomed to the Enter key inserting a newline, and then tries it out > in a sheet, accidentally dismissing it? > > In my company's application, we use the Enter key to scroll the insertion > point / selection into view and "flash" the surrounding area to help with > spotting it. > > ~Martin > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jjoyce%40apple.com > > This email sent to jjo...@apple.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
