Oh, bug filed, rdar://8276440
On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Eric Gorr wrote: > 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/mailist%40ericgorr.net > > This email sent to mail...@ericgorr.net _______________________________________________ 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
