Re: UI issue: Text edit mode

[christian ridderstrom gmail com]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Lars Clausen wrote:

> I have my doubts about what would be best for entering.  My ideas so far 
> are
>
> 1) Press "Enter" to start editing text.  Pro: Frees all other keys for
> shortcuts.  Con: Non-obvious

Sounds ok to me, although somewhat non-obvious. I'd expect that clicking 
inside a text inset (so that you place the cursor somewhere), would leave 
me in text mode by default by the way.

Perhaps a con is that a user might expect 'Enter' to insert an enter. 
OTOH, since he doesn't get one, he'll just press enter again.  It'd be 
nice with a strong visual guide telling you what mode you are in.

/Christian

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