Bug 49769 - "Enter" or "Return"?
Summary: "Enter" or "Return"?
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-23 19:35 UTC by Christian Rose
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-23 20:55:19 UTC
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Description Christian Rose 2001-07-23 19:35:27 UTC
Some messages in anaconda use "press Enter", others "press Return" (and yet
some others use "press <Enter>".
I think it would be better to standardize on one of these.

The GNOME project has a style guide with a relevant section that could
help:
http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/gnome-glossary-generic-terms.html

Quote: "Sometimes the Return key and Enter key perform the same functions.
Refer to the Return key by default, and only refer to the Enter key when
the user must press Enter, or when the user is likely to use the numeric
keypad."
So if this recommendation is followed, it should be "Return" on almost all
places (where the user is not supposed to explicitly press the "Enter" on
the numeic keyboard, in which case it should be "Enter".)

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-07-23 20:55:15 UTC
I won't mark this SHOULD- or MUST-FIX, but several developers here believe
consistency for key names/lables would be a Good Thing(tm).

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-07-24 05:42:22 UTC
Fixed in cvs.  Thanks for your report.


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