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Would anyone have any suggestions about a good way to present
a list or menu to the user with the ability to have a default value that
varies according to EEP action?
In this area of my specific application, I have 4 options
defined as PUSH-BUTTONS on a form, as follows :
DATA ENTRY
SAVE - CONTINUE
SAVE - EXIT
DISCARD - EXIT
(There are good reasons related to high-speed data entry that,
AFAIK, pre-clude me from using the standard PULL-DOWN menus provided within
FORMS.)
Initially, as soon as some "HEADER" data is input (ID's,
TIME-PERIOD, ETC), the DEFAULT should be "DATA ENTRY". Once data entry is
complete, control/focus is returned to the form, with "SAVE - CONTINUE" as the
(now) correct default. All this I do with SKIP commands in the
EEP. However, my implementation requires the user to
press [SPACE] or [LEFT-CLICK] the mouse to "depress" the button and invoke the
action. My desire here is to have the FORM and/or EEPs control which
option is the currently-appropriate default - as I'm doing - and remove the
requirement that a user must touch anything besides the 10-key pad.
Now, just a bit about my philosophy for this approach.
My underlying goal here is to minimize the area(s) of focus for the data entry
user as well as eliminate all but the absolutely necessary keystrokes.
Reaching the former should reduce one area of distraction/discontinuity and the
latter should decrease transcription time. Together, effectiveness and
efficiency are enhanced.
Thanks,
Steve in Memphis
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