There's an odd thing about Wintel keyboards: they mislabel the "Return" key as "Enter", even though by spec it generates a different key code.
This creates a potential issue with regard to confirmation of an action vs. adding a return character to text. For example, if I had a dialog with a text entry field and a default button labelled "OK", on Mac OS (where the keyboard is still labelled correctly) the Return key puts return characters in the text, while the Enter key confirms the action and dismisses the dialog. On Win32, it seems more common to map both keys to adding returns, requiring the user to tab to the default button to have either of those keys trigger the confirmation. Aside from writing OS-specific forked code and having the same app behave differently on each platform, can you think of any way to allow Wintel users the reduced steps as on Mac without confusing them because these two different keys are mislabelled to appear the same? And just curious: Why do Wintel manufacturers mislabel Return? Surely some of them can remember the typewriter and understand the origins of that key.... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 1.9: Publish any Database on Any Site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
