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OD-90228 SUGGESTION "PRIDE"-IF
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JUN 16, 1997 RELEASE 1.2.0 PAGE 1
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* MI-10035 KEYBRD INHIBIT ON FOCUS CHANGE *
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REQUIRED DATE- OPEN USER PRIORITY WEIGHT- 75 RANKING- 0047
DATE RECEIVED- MAY 02, 1997 REQUEST STANDING - REVIEW AS OF- JUN 16, 1997
TYPE- MOD/IMP
DESCRIPTION-
This is sorely needed in a multi-tasking system such as OS/2.
Say you're working away in your favorite word processor in the
foreground. Of course you're multitasking some other program
in the background - let's say it's MSR's BackMaster (tape
backup). An unfortunate thing is, that as BackMaster is
working, it occassionally pops into focus with some kind of
dialog requesting your input - with an "O" for "Okay" or a
"C" for close. But before you realize this has happened,
you're still typing into your word processor and have
inadvertenly typed an "o". Arrrrggh!!! (Not all programs
require an "Alt-letter" combination to confirm a dialog box
request.) What's needed is a user settable "keyboard inhibit
delay on focus change," whereby, when a program moves to the
focus, any input from the keyboard is inhibited (in fact,
dumped) for a user settable time (say, a half second). That
way, we can stop typing in our word processor, think about
what we're about to do, and then safely do it.
ATTRIBUTES:
LOW Value
Desired next FIXPACK
Submitted by:
Mike Palmer
Phoenix, AZ, USA
mppalmer@aol.com
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