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Subject:Re: "one action per step" From:Nora Merhar <MERHAR -at- ALENA -dot- BITNET> Date:Wed, 7 Jun 1995 13:43:24 CDT
> When would you type without entering??? When you're in a GUI
> environment, there are multiple text entry fields on a dialog
> box, the tab and arrow keys (or the mouse) navigates from
> field to field, and the OK button has a "return key method"
> attached to it so that hitting enter is the same as clicking
> the OK button.
I can think of another reason--when you're instructing someone to edit a file
(say a config.sys file) you might want them to TYPE text in, but certainly not
to press ENTER.
Nora
merhar -at- edsvcs -dot- switch -dot- rockwell -dot- com
