We need a referendum... on MEMO...

John Esak john at valar.com
Tue Jan 16 09:06:26 PST 2007


> >
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> I would agree that tab, for most of us, should function to move between
> fields.
>
> However, if one is using Memo as a word processor, the tab would have to
> work as in a word processing program.
>
> Now there are some other possible solutions and that might be to use a
> function key to close the memo window.
>
> F9 might be a good alternative as it is in easy reach on most keyboards.
> Granted this is not as easy a reach as the tab key but would not break any
> code.  Most filepro users are accustomed to using the function
> keys for one
> function or another.
>
> Since @sk is not available when in the memo editor, the close key might be
> able to be set when memo is called.
>
> Memo edit (options,GRAF)
>
> Again, this is just a possible alternative.
>
> Richard Kreiss

I appreciate the suggestions... but... the whole idea is not to have some
*other* key move you out of the MEMO field, but the *same* key that moves
you out of "blocks" of fields in all the rest of filePro.  And just a
question, but who, in their right mind, would ever use the MEMO field as a
word processor???  I can see limited (extremely limited) text processing at
the most.  The operation of the cursor in almost every regard to most text
editors is different and odd... so who would ever be wanting to use the TAB
key?   I just don't se it being used that much inside  an editor like this.

John



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