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Re: Repo-browser should open a folder when enter is pressed?

From: Jason Mobarak <jam-list_at_vandyke.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:34:42 -0600

Stefan Küng wrote:
> Jason Mobarak wrote:
>> TotoiseSVN Team --
>>
>> Is it “expected” behavior that the repo-browser goes away (that is,
>> takes the same action as if “OK” where pressed) when “enter” is pressed?
>>
>> Since my brain basically goes in to “windows explorer” mode when I'm in
>> the repo-browser I would expect pressing “enter” to descend in to a
>> folder or run the “open” action on the selected item.
>>
>> Does this sound reasonable?
>
> That depends :)
> The repository browser is usually used to browse for an url. Hitting OK
> should close the dialog and return that url to the dialog that asked for
> an url.
>
> Sure, we could change the behavior depending on whether the repo browser
> was started to find an url or not, but then users would get even more
> confused because the behavior wouldn't be consistent.

Ah, in that case I think a keyboard accelerator to descend in to a
folder would suffice. Since there's no way that I know of to descend in
to a folder it makes it difficult to use only the keyboard to navigate a
repository.

-- Jason

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