On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:17:08PM +0800, Simon Wise wrote:
typing into a spreadsheet cell is somewhat analogous, and probably a fairly common activity ...
Nice connection!
generally <enter> saves and exits the cell, while to put a newline into a cell without leaving it is <ctrl><enter> ... not sure what the OSX equivalent is, maybe <cmd><enter>.
I just checked out the Google Docs spreadsheet behavior. I assume that it mimics the interfaces of other popular spreadsheet programs, though I don't know that for sure.
- <enter> and <shift><enter> both save and exit the cell.
- <control><enter> and <cmd><enter> both insert a newline.
- <esc> cancels the change and exists the cell.
I haven't seen anyone object to Matthieu's suggested behaviors for <enter> and <esc>, which are consistent with both behavior and general OS gui conventions, so I think we may have achieved consensus there.
What's left is the basically irrelevant issue of how to insert a newline that's going to be turned into a space later anyway. My inclination is to supply a patch which simply does not support the insertion of newlines. If that results in user confusion and support inquiries, a binding for <modifier><return> can be added later.
Marvin Humphrey