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From: Mike Warner
Date: Apr 21, 2022 11:37AM

Hi all,

we have a client who was saying that we should also allow the enter key to
check a radio button and not to let that enter key submit the form on
the page. They said that we should be prepared for however a keyboard user
may try to check the button. I explained that spacebar is the standard key
for that and sent the W3C page that talks about it. Has anyone else been
asked to accept the enter key to check a radio button? Is it a reasonable
request?

Thanks,
Mike

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge, Inc.