Questions tagged [input-focus]
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Drawbacks of auto "focusing" on a web page's text field (JavaScript)
Do you guys know any drawback of focusing on a text field on a web page ?
It's pretty useful when you know users will use this text field more than others (like on the google homepage), but it's a bit ...
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Removing placeholder text on focus
Chrome, Safari, and Firefox 15+ remove the placeholder text after the users first key press in the text input field.
Opera, IE, and Firefox 14 and below remove placeholder text immediately after ...
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Are there any valid reasons for an application to steal focus?
This comment on another UX.Stackexchange question:
that's not to force you to read it, it's to ensure that websites don't pop up the window as soon as your mouse pointer goes to click something in ...
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What element should have the focus after a search?
A website has its own search (there are reasons for this; no, a Google site search will not do).
So, after a search is executed, for accessibility what element should have the focus? The number of ...
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Which button should get the focus at delete dialogs?
I thought that most destructive actions should be avoided from default actions. But when a delete dialog comes, I see that most Windows applications (even the OS), by default, set the focus at "...
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What happens when the focus rectangle isn't clear?
I get a lot of clients that comment that the focus box isn't obvious enough in some browsers. Is it common and good practice to make it more obvious? If so, how exactly do people do this?
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How best to handle a popup gaining focus in the middle of the user typing?
Often I'll set some process off, then change focus to another program and be typing away in a textbox (for example), when the first thing pops up into view, maybe with a Yes / No box which I'd then ...
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