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Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X

From Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X
Date 2012-08-31 15:30 -0400
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:01 GMT, Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> I agree that it is unexpected in a single line entry box but isn't the 1st 
> rule of user interface design to assume the user is a moron & will do 
> things they are not supposed to do? 
> 
> Therefore invalid inputs should be handled gracefully (not just insert 
> random characters) which is what I think the original poster is 
> suggesting.

	To which I'd suggest the programmer (vs the user), probably needs to
code some sort of per-character validation check... After all, there may
be situations where accepting pretty much any key-code is desired, and
if the widget filters characters before they get to the programmer level
that becomes impossible.

	caveat -- I've only written one simple form using Tkinter, so what
do I know...
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	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-08-31 11:18 +0100
  Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2012-08-31 10:25 -0400
    Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-08-31 16:18 +0100
      Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> - 2012-08-31 11:21 -0400
        Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-08-31 15:41 +0000
          Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-08-31 20:05 +0100
          Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-31 15:30 -0400
          Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-09-01 12:30 +0200
          Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-09-01 13:56 +0100
    Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X "Russell E. Owen" <rowen@uw.edu> - 2012-09-13 13:33 -0700

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