On May 10, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Terry Ford wrote: > Except that RS has labelled it "not a bug". :(
This is because it's not. It's Apple's defined behavior for their OS, going all the way back to the original Mac in 1984. I haven't read the HIG for years, but I distinctly remember reading about it in the original (3 book set) "Inside Macintosh". I remember thinking how cool it was that they provided a way to click the default button even if there was a text box to type in. I've used the trick to save me a trip to the mouse since learning about it in 1985 or 86. Basically, in any window with a default button the Return or Enter keys can be used as a click in the default button. If the window has a text box that accepts multiple lines, the Return key is used to add an eol character, and the Enter key can be used to click the default button. This has been the default behavior for over 20 years, your Mac users (those that know about it) are going to expect it. The original Mac keyboard had no numeric keypad and no arrow keys for cursor movement (you were supposed to use the mouse). But it did have a Return key in the normal position, and a small Enter key next to the right side Command key by the space bar -- right where it is on Mac laptops today. Kirk ----------------------------------------------- REALbasic Professional 2007r1 MacBook Core Duo, Mac OS X 10.4.9 _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
