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It makes sense because you’re already familiar with the platform convention. It’s not intuitive. Space bar is a larger key and easier to reach, why isn’t it ass
by bathtub365 7y ago
It makes sense because you’re already familiar with the platform convention. It’s not intuitive. Space bar is a larger key and easier to reach, why isn’t it associated with the more “powerful” action?
- jtth 7y agoThat is how language works.
- briandear 7y agoThe space bar isn’t typically associated with a “big” action, but Enter is.
- saagarjha 7y agoIt’s not about “power”, it’s about the default key to perform an action being enter. So dialogs will run the default action, signified by the highlighted button, when you press enter. Space is intended for selecting the retargetable focused item.
- bathtub365 7y ago> Space is intended for selecting the retargetable focused item. Sure, but how is that intuitive?
- saagarjha 7y agoIt's standard UI for keyboard focus across most operating systems. At some point, you're just going to have to know that space selects the item that the focus ring is around, just like you know that tab switches between fields. (By the way, this is off by default so you don't invoke it accidentally without knowing how it works.)