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> ... dialog that automatically opens another dialog that closes if you hit enter. I rarely get upset at computers these days, but this is one of the things th
by warent 8y ago
> ... dialog that automatically opens another dialog that closes if you hit enter.
I rarely get upset at computers these days, but this is one of the things that easily boils my blood. It happens with Windows and macOS machines at the most inopportune times. I'll be typing and hit enter, seeing a mysterious dialog appear and vanish in a flash as it stealthily hijacked my "Enter" stroke. "Great, who knows what I just accepted or declined."
It seems like a very basic UI consideration to discard any keystroke if the dialog spawned less than 1 to 3 seconds ago. Make it a global rule (Or better yet, a user setting) for all UI dialogs in the OS that is impossible for developers to override.
- mehrdadn 8y agoThis is already done though? It's known as focus stealing prevention. One of my gripes with Linux is that it doesn't work well there, but I've found it is already very well handled in Windows; the trouble only comes up if (a) you pause too long for it to realize you're still typing, or (b) the app goes VERY out of its way to steal your keyboard (like hooking global keyboard messages) which is extremely abnormal. I'm surprised if you regularly experience otherwise.
- Jedd 8y ago> One of my gripes with Linux is that it doesn't work well... Linux is not a window manager.
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- Noumenon72 8y agoIt happens to me because I have the mouse cursor set to pop to the default dialog box choice.
- IanSanders 8y agoCould even be a dark pattern. After you type the pin several times it's fairly trivial to time that dialog just right.