On 31 August 2012 16:41, Alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:21:14 -0400, Kevin Walzer wrote: > >> On 8/31/12 11:18 AM, Arnaud Delobelle wrote: >> >> >>> I'm not trying to do anything. When a user presses the UP or DOWN >>> arrow, then a strange character is inserted in the Entry box. I'd >>> rather nothing happened. >>> >> Why is the user doing that? If they are trying to navigate to a >> different part of the interface, they need to use the tab key, not the >> arrow key. It's not a multi-line text widget and shouldn't be expected >> to work like one.
So you make software that only behaves well when the user does what they're supposed to do? > I agree that it is unexpected in a single line entry box but isn't the 1st > rule of user interface design to assume the user is a moron & will do > things they are not supposed to do? > > Therefore invalid inputs should be handled gracefully (not just insert > random characters) which is what I think the original poster is > suggesting. Indeed. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
