Submitted by Anonymous on 2008/11/21 00:41
Hello all,
 
Ok, I got most of my possible bugs entered, so now I'm going to give you my suggestion list.  Almost everything I'm going to suggest here will be, at least at first, related to grid navigation and item creation.  That's because they are probably the most important to me at the moment.  I'm pretty sure that I can get the information out, if I can just first get the data in. :)
 
First, my suggestions for grid navigation:
 
Since I do all my data entry hands-on the keyboard, and hate to grab a mouse at any time during, I really would like to see more options that could be set up with hotkeys, such as the following (the hotkeys are just suggestions, but it looks like if I just have the option to DO the things I can always link keystrokes to them myself - I've already done some of that with the commands that are available).
 
Go to first field in first item (Ctrl-Home?)
Go to first field in current item (Ctrl-LeftArrow?)
Go to first field in parent item (Ctrl-Shift-Home?)
Go to current field in parent item (Ctrl-Shift-UpArrow)
Go to current field in first item (Ctrl-UpArrow?)
Go to first field in last item (Ctrl-End?)
Go to current field in last item (Ctrl-Shift-End or Ctrl-DownArrow?)
 
Of these I'd say that the 'go to first field' ones are more important, especially until :) you implement my suggestions (to follow in next post) about creating new items...
 
I see that PageUp and PageDown work as expected; how about Ctrl-PageUp & Ctrl-PageDown moving the grid so that the cell you'd end up on with PageUp/PageDown were centered on the screen vertically? (And Ctrl-UpArrow/Ctrl-DownArrow could center the line above/below on the screen, as well, while you're at it :)
 
This would make the grid view more spreadsheet-like, and make it easier for novices to adjust to IMO.
 
Oh, one other navigation question:  You tab over to the right side of the grid on an item that has items below it.  When you hit tab again you get the whole line highlighted.  Is there a reason for that that I've missed?  It seems to me that a more logical move would be to the first field in the next item.  Not a huge deal, but it just struck me...
 
Thanks for listening!
Delta

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I like these suggestions
 
[quote=DeltaFoxtrot]
 Oh, one other navigation question:  You tab over to the right side of the grid on an item that has items below it.  When you hit tab again you get the whole line highlighted.  Is there a reason for that that I've missed?  It seems to me that a more logical move would be to the first field in the next item.  Not a huge deal, but it just struck me...
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this only because tab loops back to the first field/column when at the "right end".
And since the  first field (which is not exactly a true field, if I'm not mistaken), also serves as a "full item selector" ... when "multiple columns" select mode (grid--> select mode)... which is probably your case -- see the thread [How do I] Simply Copy Text from a Field ?

Tom

2008/11/21 04:48

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> I like these suggestions
+1 here!
 

maybe Ctrl-TAB could  keep you on same line
or move you on to next line, whichever
 
Although Ctrl+TAB would be a nice key combination for cycling through the grids ...
 
 
 
re: "Go to current field in parent item (Ctrl-Shift-UpArrow)"
If I understand correctly: doesnt simply the up arrow key do that?

Anonymous

2008/11/21 10:30

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Tom:
 
re: "Go to current field in parent item (Ctrl-Shift-UpArrow)"
If I understand correctly: doesnt simply the up arrow key do that?
 
Delta:
 
Not if you have 20 sub-items and you're working in sub-item 20.  Or sub-item 2 for that matter. :)
 
Tom:
maybe Ctrl-TAB could  keep you on same line
or move you on to next line, whichever
 
Although Ctrl+TAB would be a nice key combination for cycling through the grids
 
Delta:
 
That sounds reasonable.  Doesn't REALLY matter what the specific key combination is, as long as there's a command created that can be manipulated in the hotkey and toolbar mod dialogue.
 
 
Regards,
Delta