I have used in on rare occasion, BUT... 1. I would never use it where I anticipate the user might want the text to contain a return. 2. I insist on consistent behavior in my solutions, so if it doesn't work on one layout, I won't use it in on any layouts. 3. If I know my user will be using more than one solution of mine, Rule 2 applies across all solutions.
That pretty much leaves it to small, stand-alone solutions I don't expect to grow in functionality. I find it more realistic (though a bit more work) to trap for it field-by-field. Chuck FileMaker Pro Discussions <[email protected]> on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 8:05 AM -0700 wrote: > >On 2008 Sep 24, at 6:19, Mikhail Edoshin wrote: > > > > > > >The data are not being auto-entered. They're being typed in by the end users. >Sometimes, out of habit, they indicate that they're done typing in a field by >hitting the "return" key instead of the "tab" key. > > > > >You can change this in this field's behavior options. By default all fields >are set to use "tab" to go to next field, but they can also use "return" or >"enter" keys to do this. > > > > > >Thanks for the suggestion, Mikhail. I had briefly considered this approach but >ultimately discarded it on the theory that I wanted to DIScourage the use of >the "return" key (and, by extension, ENcourage the >use of the "tab" key), not reinforce that behavior. > > >Out of idle curiosity, tho, I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who DOES >make use of the "enter" key to move from field to field. Under what >circumstances would you want to do that? Does it seem to work >well in real life?
