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| Date | 2012-08-31 20:05 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X |
| From | Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.8.1346439921.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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
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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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