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In article <1992Aug10.140713.23132@decuac.dec.com> baker@westsd.dco.dec.com (Art Baker) writes:
>In article <1992Aug9.195821.22225@cis.uab.edu> shen@cis.uab.edu (Frank) writes:
>>	I am tring to replace <Tab> with <Enter> in a Dialog box.  I have
>>lots of edit control in my dialog box.  Instead using <Enter> as the 
>>Default push button, I would like for it to jump to next field. 
>
> This is probably a bad idea, since it's going to violate the
>expectations of people using your program.  Tab-to-next-field
>is a piece of global Windows behavior, and by changing it, you're
>damaging the consistency of the Windows interface.  Unexpected
>behavior from a program is Not Good.

It's been my experience that every client I've tried to explain this too
says that it's not right to have <enter> be the default button when there
are edit controls on the dialog box (Well, they didn't quite say it that
way...  ;-)  So, I've tended to implement both as a mechanism to go between
edit controls, with after the last one executing the default pushbutton.

I understand the tab/shift-tab to next field method, but, don't the not
using enter to go to the next one...

just my $.02 worth...

-Todd


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