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I probably wouldn't call it anything. "1. Type your user name and
press Enter. 2. Type your password and press enter."
I'd enter a bug report about the missing cursor.
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Joel W <eleysium -at- outlook -dot- com> wrote:
> Let's say you have a screen with several boxes / fields for entering data. The user moves from one box to the other, but there isn't a cursor in the box to indicate what box she is using. What do you call the presence in the box? i.e.:"Press enter. The ____ moves to the next box."
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