Keys for <default> and cancel should be Enter and Escape and nothing else

Bug #764692 reported by Ivanka Majic
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Ayatana Design
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GTK+
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Bug Description

Currently the default keys on dialog boxes vary.

Mpt reported this bug in bugzilla in 2005 here is the suggested solution from that bug. As far as I can tell, the recommendation still stands:

In any alert that has only one button, that button should be labelled
    'OK'. Enter (and also Ctrl+Enter) should activate this button. Do not
    also give it an access key, as that would slow people down.

    In any alert or dialog that has two or more buttons, Escape should
    activate the "Cancel" button. Enter should activate the main action
    button, unless a multi-line text field is focused (and Ctrl+Enter should
    activate the button regardless of focus). Do not also give either of
    these buttons access keys, as that would slow people down. (These
    guidelines apply only to alerts and dialogs, not to instant-apply
    windows.)

    As special protection, Enter should not activate the main action button
    if the resulting action is highly destructive (for example, erasing a
    disk). In these cases do not make Enter do anything else either, as
    people may press it expecting it to work.

    In a progress window, Escape should activate the only button in the
    window ("Cancel" or "Stop"). Do not also give it an access key, as that
    would slow people down.

Tags: fitandfinish
Ivanka Majic (ivanka)
tags: added: fitandfinish
Changed in gtk:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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