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Re: Edit Box Brain Freeze

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From: Mohith BP
Date: Sep 19, 2018 5:43AM

Hi Jim,

Is it not the default expected behavior for any edit box? or am I
missing something.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 9/17/18, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi,
> I have not seen this for a while. I want to fail this, but maybe cannot. We
> have an edit box. It has a meaningful label. When focus goes onto the edit
> box, the box contains a default value. If you type characters, the default
> value disappears. If you press arrows or other navigation keys, the default
> value stays there, but is now unselected. This could cause the user to enter
> something else and accidentally keep the default value. Which success
> criterion does this fail?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
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