Re: Text Entry [Re: direct text input for UML-message]

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:
> If you use TAB to move between fields then you cannot put tabs in your
> text boxes.

True, unless we add some escape sequence.  But how often do you need to put
a tab in a text box?  They don't really have a well-defined meaning there.
Tab is so commonly known as 'move to next input' that I think we can make
that the general behaviour.

> You can leave it so that the user must click outside the text box to move
> ot the next field ... there must be an alternative keybinding, i remember
> noticing another application - visio i think - that allowed tabs in the
> text box.

That may well be.  I for one don't want to repeat all of Visio's mistakes.
Only a select few:)

> I will do my best to descibe any text box behaviours you would like to
> know about.

Thanks!

-Lars

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