On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
> Scott Raney wrote:
>
> > I don't know what alternate reality you people are living in but it's
> > *STANDARD BEHAVIOR* for the first item in a dialog to get the keyboard
> > focus and show a selection when the dialog opens on *ALL PLATFORMS*.
>
> My lists aren't dialogs. Suppose you were creating a shopping list and
> each card represented an aisle in the grocery store:
>
> PRODUCE:
>
> Lettuce
> Beets
> Carrots
> Broccoli -------------
> | Add to cart |
> -------------
>
> What if I don't want to buy any of those items? Should I have to add a
> "select none" button?
Most people don't know how to use a multi-selection list box anyway,
so you should have two list boxes, one with all the choices available
and one with all the items the user has selected. This is how it's
done in every other app I've seen. Another option would be to use a
set of checkboxes.
Regards,
Scott
> Jacque
>
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