[IxDA Discuss] Stuffing focus to textbox controls

[jackbellis.com]

Jim,
The first example I found, in Dreamweaver, upheld your detractors' position. 
But who cares?

Perhaps there's a deeper principle here: design is the quintessence of 
"exceptions to every rule"? If all you do is follow rules, are you a 
designer... does design happen? ... or just craft/engineering/expertise?

One of my favorite examples of simple, exceptional innovation in a control 
is that double-clicking the Current Page radio/option button (!) invokes the 
choice AND closes the dialog. Try to find a heuristic for that in MS's style 
guide. Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Ask those guys if they don't have better things to do, like making 
polymorphism and encapsulation finally come true... and leave the user 
advocacy to people who care. I read a great parable about "that's the way 
we've always done it," but can't find it on the web perhaps someone can dig 
it out.

www.jackBellis.com,
www.SelfishMoralism.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Drew" <cfmdesigns at earthlink.net>
> What should happen with the input focus when the checkboxes are turned on? 
> Should it stay where the user >