[OPEN-ILS-DEV] submit payments upon double enter press?

[Mike Rylander]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> Currently in the billing interface in the staff client, to collect a
> payment you have to use the Apply Payment button after entering an
> amount in the Payment received field, either with the mouse or with
> keyboard navigation (for example, Alt+P).  Pressing Enter after
> entering an amount will show how the amount would be distributed
> amongst multiple checked bills, and re-selects the content of the
> Payment received field so that you could type over the entered amount
> with a new amount.
>
> I'm wondering what front-line staff would think about a change in the
> behavior of the Enter key, such that the first time you press Enter
> after entering an amount, it shows you the payment distribution as
> before, but the Apply Payment button then gets keyboard focus instead
> of the Payment received field, and a subsequent Enter press (or even a
> Spacebar press) would activate the button and make the payment.
>

I like that.  As an addendum, how about, when the Apply Payment button
is focused, have the escape key shift the focus to the payment entry
textbox with the existing text selected, to retain the ability to do
what is done now with just one more button press.

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