[blindza] Re: Space bar vs. enter key for activating buttons in dialoguesunder windows
- From: William Brandes <williambrandes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:04:44 -0500
agree ... william
On 2/11/15, Jacob Kruger <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My response to another mailing list query reminded me of another thing
> that's not always relevant, but, the reason I always tell people to use
> space bar, and _not_ enter key on dialogue buttons is due to a programming
> feature relatively specific to popup dialogues etc. - to get an idea of what
> I'm talking about, with jaws, jaws key + E will tell you the default button
> in a dialogue box.
>
> And, in theory, if busy with a dialogue prompt, if you hit enter, then it
> should activate the default button - in theory, even if currently focused on
> something like the cancel button, it could still activate the ok button -
> unless something like the screen reader is specifically trying to work
> around this accident happening.
>
> Either way, it's just the reason I always talk about using space bar to
> activate a control, in dialogues, web pages - that one due to it being
> possible to specify a button as the default submit button for form
> submittal, etc. - and, it's therefore just more reliable to hit space bar on
> buttons, checkboxes, etc. to activate the currently focused item, instead of
> hitting enter, and hoping for the best, since while it will most likely work
> fine 99% of the time, it might not.
>
> Anyway, this isn't a rant, or anything, but, just something I keep on trying
> to remind even sighties about...<smile>
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
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