Re: [Gnumed-devel] SOAP widget navigation

[Karsten Hilbert]

> So if in a visit I have so far got:
> 
> S: sore throat 3d, mild pain on swallow, no nose, ear Sx, no cough
> O: temp 37.8, ENT N, chest clear

> So I now click back into S: selecting the 3, replacing with 7 and 
> inserting "no fever":

> so my current insertion point is after "no fever" and now I want to 
> jump to "A:", but how to do it from the keyboard, if Enter is to be 
> constrained by the presence of characters beyond "no fever"?
Personally I would suggest Ctrl-CursorUp/Down.
This holds with the convention that Ctrl-CursorLeft/Right
jumps words.

Other opinions ?

> Also, in our weighing how to support "new line" versus "jump to next 
> SOAP element", which key presses would in actual practice be most 
> numerous?
> - new lines within all the SOAP elements, or
> - jumps across RFE/SOAP/AOE
Depends on work flow, I assume.


> The examples so far have been kept very short and simple but, in actual 
> use, may we expect point form within SOAP to be desirable and often 
> generate several lines across SOAP,
I for one need it every day.

> across elements? If that indeed is likely, then is it better for the 
> default action of return/enter be to create a new line,
It already is if one is *within* the text of one soap line.

> Also, if we wish the editor to be understood to be a text editor, 
It seems some feel otherwise. However, from the appearance I
believe most average users will get that impression the first
time.

Karsten
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