In Access 97 and Access 2.0 applications, if a command button has the
focus, the spacebar will 'PRESS" the key. How does one go about
disabling this annoying BEATURE?
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MLH <CR**@NorthStat e.net> writes: In Access 97 and Access 2.0 applications, if a command button has the
focus, the spacebar will 'PRESS" the key. How does one go about
disabling this annoying BEATURE?
That is the behaviour of the buttons in all applications that run
under MS operating systems. The only way I know of to disable it would
involve subclassing the control - a very tedious and involved
procedure if you're programming in Basic.
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Is there a way to have both the spacebar and the ENTER key activate the
command button that has the focus?
Are you aware that the spacebar checks and unchecks checkboxes and option
buttons before you disable the spacebar? Many users like that feature.
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"MLH" <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote in message
news:cb******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... In Access 97 and Access 2.0 applications, if a command button has the
focus, the spacebar will 'PRESS" the key. How does one go about
disabling this annoying BEATURE?
MLH <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote in
news:cb******** *************** *********@4ax.c om: In Access 97 and Access 2.0 applications, if a command button has
the focus, the spacebar will 'PRESS" the key. How does one go
about disabling this annoying BEATURE?
The only thing I can think of is to use KeyPreview to make all
presses of the spacebar check to see if a command button has the
focus, and if so, discard the keypress.
But why would you *want* to disable the standard behavior of every
Windows command button that has ever existed in every application
and every part of the OS since Windows was created?
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David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
You are all correct. Its a bad idea.
A waste of time to fight such a firmly
entrenched standard.
However, its not as bad as the idea
of misusing the space bar in the first
place. Bastardizing the function of one
key on a keyboard with over 100 keys
was a dumb idea. It probably arose from
a 25-year veteran typist who was a whiz
on mechanical typewriters that had no
Enter or Return keys. Its likely that she
hated the IBM selectric. She probably had
a lot of pull in the office politics arena.
She probably loved to use the space bar.
Undoubtedly, she pissed, moaned and
groaned about it so much that the pussy
whipped, jelly-fish backboned IT manager
gave in to her ridiculous bitching because
he was afraid that pissing her off might
result in him losing his job. Keyboards
were patterned after typewriters. Space-
bars were used a lot - generally between
every word. They were long so left and
right thumbs would have equal access.
And on a typewriter, they always made a
space when pressed. I already have two
Enter keys on my keyboard. I find that's
sufficient.
Most would agree that just because something
can be done doesn't make it a good idea. This
was a bad idea.
MLH wrote: Most would agree that just because something
can be done doesn't make it a good idea. This
was a bad idea.
I think having the Q key enter the letter Q is a bad idea, too!
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^o<
/#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake
/^^ "Whatcha doin?" - Ditto "TIM-MAY!!" - Me
I disagree.
I think having the Q key enter the letter Q is a bad idea, too!
MLH <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote in
news:ut******** *************** *********@4ax.c om: You are all correct. Its a bad idea.
A waste of time to fight such a firmly
entrenched standard.
However, its not as bad as the idea
of misusing the space bar in the first
place.
Leaving aside the inherent misogyny in your longwinded answer, how
else would one execute a command button without using the mouse?
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
MLH wrote: I disagree.
I think having the Q key enter the letter Q is a bad idea, too!
Nope, he's right, unless you're typing in "Qantas" the "Q" key should
enter the letters "qu". :-)
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