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Re: Cygwin installer: "Next" button should not be default on "Select Packages" page
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Brian Mathis <brian dot mathis at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:21:28 +0300
- Subject: Re: Cygwin installer: "Next" button should not be default on "Select Packages" page
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- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Greetings, Brian Mathis!
> Current behavior:
> I have, many times, started typing something into the Search box at
> the top of the page and instinctively press Enter. Because the Next
> button is default, this causes the installer to advance to the
> installation stage (which may take a while as the actual installation
> occurs, so it is not easy to quickly go back and change the package
> selection).
> Expected result:
> Search filter should be applied and installer should not advance to
> next stage until Next button. is explicitly clicked.
The "Next" button should be the default action, however, in your specific use
case, the current behavior is, indeed, undesirable.
> It doesn't matter that the search box dynamically updates the results;
> there is still a natural instinct to press Enter after typing in the
> search query.
I don't know. I've long since unlearned that habit.
And not only because of Cygwin setup. Many applications adopted the same
pattern of dynamically filtered list, and it is actually very useful.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 19:18:50
Sorry for my terrible english...
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