Posted by Leif K-Brooks on 12/11/05 19:01

Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> Leif K-Brooks wrote:
>> What makes you think visitors want your preferences forced on them? I
>> use the keyboard heavily, and any site which won't let me use the
>> keyboard shortcuts I've chosen will receive a backbuttoning.
>
> For some time know, many browsers when presented with a form with text
> field will 'submit' the form when the enter key is pressed. This may not
> be desirable if there are other fields that are required to successfully
> submit the form. JavaScript can really shine here, where a designer we
> can disable this behavior and prevent the ping-pong with the server for
> each missing field and instead require an intensional pressing of the
> submit button. This is no disservice to the visitor.

When I hit the enter key in a form, I do it because I've completed
filling out the form and I want to submit it. Why should I have to tab
to the submit button (which is often far away from the last text box I
fill out) -- or worse, take my hands off of the keyboard and use the
mouse -- when my browser comes with a keyboard shortcut for submitting
forms?

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