They wouldn't deliberately click in the middle of the text. They just wanna be able to click anywhere in the field to begin their data entry. And when they click (for example) in the 5th character of a ten-character field, they run out of room after typing just six characters. They want to be at the left-most position no matter how they get into the field - clicking or tabbing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:profoxtech- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Entering field in the first character position > > On Jul 22, 2008, at 12:10 PM, John J. Mihaljevic wrote: > > > How can I make the typing begin at the first > > character position regardless of how I enter the field (tabbing or > > mouse > > click)? > > > So if a user deliberately clicks in the middle of the text, > you're > going to move the mouse pointer anyway? Sounds a bit like user-hostile > design. If the user wants to select the entire text, they would click- > drag with the mouse, wouldn't they? > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
