Many thnaks for all replies.
Perhaps the way to go then is use Tab for most apps , but for heads down data entry consideer using the Enter key.
regards,
Gerard



>>Hi.
>>Just wondering what has become the standard in APPS .
>>In VFP. most of our users woud use the Enter Key, but Tab seems to be the default in Dot Net.
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>>Most of our users are Heads Down using the Numeric Keyboard , and if they were to use the Tab, they would need three hands (assunimg Right Handed)....
>>...one they use for entering numbers using Numeric Keypad
>>... one they use for flicking the data entry pages
>>... one for the Tab Key, which is over on the LHS of keyboard,
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>Stay with Enter, lest your users grow a third hand. Two for data ENTRY, third to slap you for trying to introduce the tab.
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>I've seen a guy enter about 500 invoices in two hours, with an average of 4-5 line items (a 7 digit code plus the quantity), so that's 5000 numbers - 5000 quick movements over the numeric keyboard, each followed by the pinky on the Enter key, followed by a move of the finger on the paper one line down.
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>Whoever invented data TABby, is a moron who never saw these guys work, or a callous grumpy dark creature who has but doesn't care.