On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 16:35 -0800, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Keith Wiley <kbwi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Nevertheless, I am actually trying to implement a rather > common UI > mantra, where tab jumps to the next edit text (focus right or > down or > something logical like that). > > That is only common on desktop UIs. On phones, the user typically > navigates with a DPAD or trackball or scroll wheel. If we ever decide > to support desktop keyboards as a formal input mechanism in the UI, > the platform will take care of mapping tab or whatever to focus > changes just like it does for DPAD and trackball events.
This makes sense when the input is from non-keyboard sources, but I have found that when filling out the forms and things using the G1's keyboard that having to shift my fingers around to use another input device is very annoying, just like on a desktop UI, only more so as my hands are are also supplying support to the device in addition to manipulating the input devices. That is to say that in the case of the desktop UI, shifting my hands from one input device to another entails swaping one function, is the case of the G1's keyboard I have to first change how I hold the device and then access the new input device, and then the same thing when going back to the keyboard. > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing? Brian Beattie LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices. beat...@beattie-home.net | It's about dealing with the consequences." www.beattie-home.net | -- Midori Koto --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
