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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Style guide decision needed (was: [Kopete-devel] Bug#40938: behaviour change request)
From:       "Dawit A." <adawit () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-27 12:49:21
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On Saturday 27 April 2002 02:37, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Friday 26 April 2002 09:17 pm, Dawit A. wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Friday 26 April 2002 20:25, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > > On Friday 26 April 2002 04:34 pm, Rob Kaper wrote:
> >
> > [snipped]
> >
> > > > With KHTML and other KDE applications in mind, I really think it is
> > > > most consistent to use Enter as newline and Ctrl-Enter as "submit"
> > > > shortcut (I'd love that in KHTML in lineedits and textedits).
> > >
> > > Sounds fine with me. Something like
> > >
> > > "Enter" Will ok/submit/send in situations where only 1 line-edit is
> > > available, but not in case of multi-line-edits or multiple line-edits.
> > >
> > > "Ctrl-Enter" Will always ok/submit/send.
> >
> > That is not always the case.  For example, if one is using popup
> > completion in KComboBox or KLineEdit CTRL+Enter will simply select the
> > highlighted entry without activating it, i.e. w/o submitting it.
>
> Maybe that should be changed then. E.g. make "Enter" select the highlighted
> entry without submitting it, and make Ctrl-Enter select+submit.

Ooops.  Ignore the above comment.  It is Shift+Enter that allows you to select 
w/o activating.  We do not want to make Enter just do selection because it 
would confuse the issue even more IMHO...

Regards,
Dawit A.

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