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pollux
 
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focus on post form
« on: Apr 25th, 2003, 10:17pm » |
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ok, maybe this is just me, but i gett quite annoyed by the "focus" function on the posting form. it always makes my post jump around, and me over-scrolling to rewrite/add/delete/check.
it is for sure an issue. i still don't know if mine or the software's.
(also, what about being able to <tab> code inside the message field? now it jumps to the "next tab field/button" is it the board's responsability, or is it the browser's concern?)
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pollux | www.frwrd.net
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narain
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #1 on: May 7th, 2004, 6:53am » |
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The "shifting focus" really annoys me too. I always click on the Message box to give it focus, then move the mouse away so it doesn't obstruct the text I'm entering. If the mouse happens to pass over the Subject field, I end up typing into that.
In my opinion, things should only get or lose focus when the user explicitly says so.
(What to do with <tab>s is the browser's concern. The board can't -- and shouldn't -- do anything about it.)
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kevinP
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #2 on: May 7th, 2004, 7:06am » |
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Regarding focus, perhaps that's browser behavior? When I click to create a new post the text input field has focus (and keeps it).
There have been other suggestions (like widening the text input window to something closer to the display width), but this was never changed, so maybe the BBS code is not so easily accessible or it's too low priority.
-K
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Kevin Pfeiffer
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REAS
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #3 on: May 7th, 2004, 7:18am » |
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There are many things with Processing that are "broken" and many things that can be "improved". In my opinion, every suggestion related to this board fall under the category of "improvements." The purpose of this section of the board is of course to make "suggestions" so we welcome all comments and I really appreciate the insights into who the board is not working well.
The board used on this site, YaBB, works but has many problems for our specific purposes. Unfortunately the code is fairly complex and I don't think it's the best use of time to alter the board while so many issues are entirely unresolved. This is the reason for a lack of response to most suggestions relating to altering the board.
Hopefully they will be addressed in the future.
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narain
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #4 on: May 7th, 2004, 7:21am » |
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No, it definitely is not browser behaviour. The culprit is a 'onMouseOver="this.focus()"' attribute on both fields.
Maybe you haven't tried hovering over the Subject field while typing into the Message box; or maybe you've got Javascript disabled.
This is a usability problem. If it doesn't get fixed, I'll have to browse the forums with Javascript turned off. But what will the poor IE users do? 
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narain
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #5 on: May 7th, 2004, 7:25am » |
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I'm sorry, REAS hadn't posted by the time I started my reply.
I understand, there are a lot of bigger issues to be resolved before you can start fixing little forum problems.
The prompt reply is appreciated 
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kevinP
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Re: focus on post form
« Reply #6 on: May 7th, 2004, 7:01pm » |
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on May 7th, 2004, 7:21am, narain wrote:| No, it definitely is not browser behaviour. The culprit is a 'onMouseOver="this.focus()"' attribute on both fields. |
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Yea, I see what you mean. KDE hides the insert "I-beam" automatically (though not always), so I don't need to move it (though it would be nice if I could set this time-out shorter).
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Kevin Pfeiffer
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