Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X

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Date	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:05:14 +0100
Subject	Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X
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On 31 August 2012 16:41, Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:21:14 -0400, Kevin Walzer wrote:
>
>> On 8/31/12 11:18 AM, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm not trying to do anything.  When a user presses the UP or DOWN
>>> arrow, then a strange character is inserted in the Entry box.  I'd
>>> rather nothing happened.
>>>
>> Why is the user doing that? If they are trying to navigate to a
>> different part of the interface, they need to use the tab key, not the
>> arrow key. It's not a multi-line text widget and shouldn't be expected
>> to work like one.

So you make software that only behaves well when the user does what
they're supposed to do?

> 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.

Indeed.

-- 
Arnaud

Thread

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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