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I don't think it's nitpicking. It's the difference between the standard way web forms work and Gmail overriding a known behavior to do something else. That sai
by richardjs 13y ago
I don't think it's nitpicking. It's the difference between the standard way web forms work and Gmail overriding a known behavior to do something else.
That said, after you hit tab, you'll probably type a word and hit space, which will then click the button and send off the message.
- kevinpet 13y agoI had no idea what he was talking about until the replies. You and grandparent are wrong. Standard behavior on web forms is tab moves you to the next element. You are expecting gmail to act like a desktop app, and maybe you could make the argument that it should, but that's a different issue.
- gcr 13y agoWe can definitely make the case that it used to and that it doesn't anymore. Sending an email isn't like filling in several text boxes on a web form, it's composing/editing a lengthy message that often has proper formatting like indentation.
- 3825 13y agoI actually use tab -> enter to send and I find it quite convenient. Why are people complaining about this when we've all tacitly admitted top posting? IMO bigger problems are that email ought to be plain text by default and replies ought to go in the bottom (with three dots on the top if necessary). Sorry if I made anyone mad. Now you know how I felt reading this post.
- serginho 13y agoCtrl + Enter is much more efficient for me.
- 3825 13y agoHow long has Gmail supported Ctrl + Enter? I agree. It is pretty sweet. Now I can go back and forth between Outlook and Gmail!
- LocalPCGuy 13y agoCtrl-Enter is the one keyboard shortcut I wish I could disable. It is my most common mis-hit, usually when pasting something into an email and then hitting enter to advance to the next line. I also miss the ability to tab within the compose box, but on the web I pretty much always assume Tab is not going to indent text I'm typing.
- Munksgaard 13y agoIf you're replying to an email you can quickly press Ctrl+a, Ctrl+end to go to the bottom, for all your bottom-posting needs.
- pbreit 13y agoThe standard way that web forms have worked forever is that tab moves focus to the next element.
- mongol 13y agoYes that is true. But what is the standard way to insert a tab?