I'm curious, what is the actual bug here? How should the documentation read with respect to the Enter key?
Thank you. On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:32 AM, John Joyce wrote: > 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
