From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3B7D5F12.50E847D5@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20010808103450.57264199E3@mail.cse.psu.edu>, <00fe01c12716$2b61fb90$3cf7c6d4@SOMA> Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam question Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:56:31 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e30bf9d6-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Boyd Roberts wrote: > i was hinting at the fact that tabs on windows are _special_. > ie. they move you from one field to the next. a real bugger > when you _want_ to type a tab in a dialog box. Ah, okay. But when you're filling in a form under the Windows default model, you're not supposed to be entering tab characters into text, any more than you're supposed to be entering arrow-key characters. It's just an unsuitable model for your application. I'm not saying the Windows GUI is very good, just that if you have to deal with it, it must be on its own terms..