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Re: Form submission via enter key?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 5, 2013 1:35AM

On 05/11/2013 07:46, Detlev Fischer wrote:
> I think submission via the enter key should only work once the "passende Stücke finden" input is focused (that focus indication itself could be stronger, and it might also help if the input looks more like a submit button, but that is a minor point). I don't think many users would want to dispatch the search in other ways - or if they do, there is at least a trade-off in that other users who press enter accidentally would lose the page and get results they did not knowingly specify.

Yup. In short: don't change the default behavior that users have come to
learn/expect. It will only result in user frustration, confusion, and
unintentional submissions.

P
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