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Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM

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John Harris wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:48:41 -0800 (PST), justaguy
> <lichunshen84@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   <snip>
>>I personally prefer the second method.  What do you think?
> 
> There is a third method. In the display that replaces the form after
> you press Enter there is a button that lets you edit your choices.

In general, a good idea as, properly done, it can reduce roundtrips.

> This does mean that the form that is then returned must have the
> current choices written into it.

What is preventing the user from making the same mistake on that form?
 
> This method has the additional advantage that the user can go off and
> make a cup of tea half way through filling in the form without
> worrying about it being disrupted.

Not really.  There should be a server-side session, and that session should 
have a timeout, for security.  UX-wise there is not much difference in that 
regard, unless you are thinking about cats jumping on keyboards but 
carefully avoiding the big Enter key that triggers the “Edit My Choices” 
button while the person is making that cup of tea.

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Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2016-12-13 18:48 -0800
  Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-12-14 10:14 +0100
    Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 05:42 -0800
  Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-14 13:04 +0100
    Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 05:45 -0800
    Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM KnightStalker <7oo7le7roupie@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 09:33 -0500
      Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-14 16:19 +0100
        Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-14 16:42 +0100
          Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-14 18:00 +0100
        Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM KnightStalker <7oo7le7roupie@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 11:27 -0500
          Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-14 18:00 +0100
            Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM KnightStalker <7oo7le7roupie@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 11:03 -0500
              Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-16 17:54 +0100
                Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM KnightStalker <7oo7le7roupie@gmail.com> - 2017-01-06 15:08 -0500
      Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 14:21 -0800
        Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM KnightStalker <7oo7le7roupie@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 12:24 -0500
  Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-14 15:07 +0000
    Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-12-14 23:31 +0100
    Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 14:15 -0800
  Re: Techniques to prevent accidental press of the Enter key that submits a FORM Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-12-17 21:02 +0000

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