> From: Eric Iverson <[email protected]>
>
> jhs verions 1.4 is available (in jhs browser run sentence jshupd'').
>
> This version has an experimental support for mouse click recall.
>
> This is intended for devices like the iphone that don't have up/dn arrow
> keys for line recall.
>
> For this release the facility is enabled for all. It may be a slight
> nuisance for browsers that don't need it, but it does allow everyone to play
> with the idea.
>
> A click on the left side of the LOG (<100px) is an up arrow. A click on the
> right is a dn arrow.
>
> iphone users: is this useful? or just weird?
It kind of works. But it is weird:
- after updating the value, the keyboard disappears and reappears, probably
because of the focus() action. So the "click" loses the focus--keyboard
disappears and then the focus is set programmatically--it reappears;
- the whole page is sensible to the click event, so it loses the ability to
select a part of page and do copy/paste
So really, buttons or links near the input line would work more natural.
Also focusing automatically pops up the keyboard, so it should not be done
after each recall. After the user found the string in question after repeated
use of recall, he/she will focus the input line manually, which will bring up
the keyboard only once at the end.
Clicking on a previous entry in the transcript can also copy it to the input
line,
where automatic focus is appropriate.
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