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Using keyboard keys to activate buttons MikeB 05-06-2008
Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on May 9, 2008, 4:06 pm
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 Scripsit Harlan Messinger:

> I didn't say anything about its topicality.

I did. Which part of "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html" do you fail
to understand? Followups set.

> As for the issue that I'm
> challenging you on, since when is programming a small-scale
> keyboard-driven interactive application for learning purposes stupid?

Ever since it started meaning you try to do "advanced" things without
having and without wanting to have a clue of the basics. ObHTML: That
applies to doing silly things in HTML "for learning purposes" as well.

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Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/


Posted by Harlan Messinger on May 9, 2008, 4:41 pm
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 Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> Scripsit Harlan Messinger:
>
>> I didn't say anything about its topicality.
>
> I did. Which part of "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html" do you fail
> to understand? Followups set.

I understand it perfectly well. You took issue with ME on it when I
hadn't brought it up to begin with. For someone for whom sticking to
topic is such a priority, it's ironic that this would be lost on you.

>> As for the issue that I'm
>> challenging you on, since when is programming a small-scale
>> keyboard-driven interactive application for learning purposes stupid?
>
> Ever since it started meaning you try to do "advanced" things without
> having and without wanting to have a clue of the basics.

(1) It isn't that advanced. (2) In my experience, it's the people who
stretch their abilities who are most likely to succeed, o hidebound one.

> ObHTML: That
> applies to doing silly things in HTML "for learning purposes" as well.

Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

Posted by MikeB on May 9, 2008, 6:37 pm
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On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger
> Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
> production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
> won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
> ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
> being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

Thanks for coming to my defense.

Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?

And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
part of HTML.


Posted by Ed Mullen on May 9, 2008, 9:06 pm
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MikeB wrote:
> On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger
>> Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
>> production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
>> won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
>> ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
>> being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.
>
> Thanks for coming to my defense.
>
> Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
> button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?
>
> And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
> button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
> part of HTML.

Defense isn't needed, learning to ignore is a valuable trait.


--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
All that glitters has a high refractive index.

Posted by Harlan Messinger on May 9, 2008, 10:18 pm
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MikeB wrote:
> On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger
>> Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
>> production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
>> won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
>> ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
>> being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.
>
> Thanks for coming to my defense.
>
> Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
> button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?

I believe so but I'm not an expert on keyboard interactivity, and it is
in fact a Javscript question--the tag for the button is HTML, but
keyboard interactions (other than pressing Enter to submit a form to the
server) and the code that handles them are Javascript. Try
comp.lang.javascript.
>
> And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
> button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
> part of HTML.

That's reasonable. Jukka thinks paradoxically, that beginners are
supposed to be experts and know everything about what's what before
they're permitted to ask questions.

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