Tkinter bug in Entry widgets on OS X

[Alister]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:21:14 -0400, Kevin Walzer wrote:

> On 8/31/12 11:18 AM, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
> 
> 
>> I'm not trying to do anything.  When a user presses the UP or DOWN
>> arrow, then a strange character is inserted in the Entry box.  I'd
>> rather nothing happened.
>>
> Why is the user doing that? If they are trying to navigate to a
> different part of the interface, they need to use the tab key, not the
> arrow key. It's not a multi-line text widget and shouldn't be expected
> to work like one.

I agree that it is unexpected in a single line entry box but isn't the 1st 
rule of user interface design to assume the user is a moron & will do 
things they are not supposed to do? 

Therefore invalid inputs should be handled gracefully (not just insert 
random characters) which is what I think the original poster is 
suggesting.




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