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Re: I copied from a book and still got an error.

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2012-06-15 9:37, micky wrote:

>> In modern HTML, you can make text input from user possible also by using
>> the contenteditable attribute on an element. This way, much richer user
>> input tools can be implemented, using JavaScript.
>
> What does "much richer" mean?

Basically things like you can do with HTML and CSS. At the simplest 
level, setting font face, size, italic, color, adding images.

> I only expect users to input
> alphanumeric text, plus sometimes double quotes, the @ sign, and a few
> other symbols from the keyboard.

Normal text input field is sufficient then, and more robust (considering 
older browsers, possibility of having JavaScript turned off, etc.).

Depending on the expected input and expectations on the input methods 
that people use, you might consider adding an optional, 
JavaScript-driven enhancement: create buttons that can be used to insert 
characters that might be difficult to type (e.g., accented letters or 
special symbols). But if you expect people to find the characters on 
their keyboards, this is unnecessary (and might even be mildly confusing).

-- 
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 06:37 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 06:49 -0400
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 07:03 -0400
      Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 13:27 +0200
        Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
          Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-15 06:11 +0000
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 02:24 -0400
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-15 06:38 +0000
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 05:01 -0400
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Dr J R Stockton <reply1224@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-16 21:55 +0100
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-17 07:50 +0000
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Dr J R Stockton <reply1225@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-19 20:37 +0100
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-20 15:10 +0000
          Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-15 15:53 +0200
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 18:07 -0400
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-19 21:22 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-06-13 13:04 +0200
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-13 14:21 +0300
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
      Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-15 08:05 +0300
        Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 02:37 -0400
          Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-15 09:58 +0300
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 04:45 -0400

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