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Apart from a chat interface, when should enter ever submit your text?
by carlosjobim 7mo ago
Apart from a chat interface, when should enter ever submit your text?
- somehnguy 7mo agoA search box, I think
- binarymax 7mo agoIn a multiline text box, enter should NOT submit the form. Chat interfaces violate this rule and it results in lots of premature chat submissions.
- owlstuffing 7mo agoPrecisely. 'member CUA?
- layer8 7mo agoIn single-text-input contexts, like search fields and the browser address field, and things like Save As dialogs. It’s the general expectation for dialogs with an OK or default button, just like Escape cancels the dialog.
- JoshTriplett 7mo agoA single-line text box that has no possibility of multi-line text (so, not a chat interface), such as search, an address bar, something that's obviously "submit one item" (e.g. "submit a word"), etc.
- masswerk 7mo agoThe new idiom: You are right, of course this is your account name! Do you want me to be keep you logged-in? > _