[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 107788] list box ignores spaces

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107788

--- Comment #8 from Howard Johnson <BridgeportContractor at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Lionel Elie Mamane from comment #4)

>..I'd rather use the backspace or delete key, ..

Good I think:

Because Del in nullable Text and Numeric fields already returns the field to
null, this is the same behavior as used elsewhere.  

I think Del key would be good in list-box to do this job!


...(Then perhaps later, the space method I presented above might make it even
better, as the space bar is easier to hit than the delete key, and every
keyboard has one ;-).  

Most of the time, data will not having a leading space, so you can quickly
remove an item with just a single space.  (BTW, I didn't think of this myself. 
Access does it this way too, and not to copy them, but just to try to speed
data entry as much as possible for users, especially for things that are done
all of the time with data entry.)



Not so good I think:

* Center key on keypad is probably out, as too many alternate keyboard issues
already exist worldwide, e,g. mac vs pc, german, vs english, no-keypad at
all...

* Backspace might work but if you've already typed some letters, then it needs
to serve a dual purpose, erasing those typed selectors, one by one, until you
back over the starting point, and then does this mean move field-left?  I think
backspace is too confusing.  (BUT..., I do think backspace needs to undo typed
selector key-strokes, e,g, if you type "del<backspace>" then the current list
selector becomes just "de".)



Thanks guys.

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