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In Smart Add, when an auto-complete item is selected and you press 'tab', keep the cursor in the field

(closed account) says:
I'd suggest a change of behavior with the Tab key when it's in the Smart Add field.

I'd suggest it behave as it does in the 'tags' field of delicious.com, where once a menu item is selected, Tab autocompletes that but doesn't exit the field.

In other words, at delicious.com, it's:

(1) g-o-o-d-i
(2) [system highlights 'goodideas' tag in dropdown]
(3) Tab key
(4) tag field now says 'goodideas' with a space after it and has the cursor blinking right after that space

Here, it's:

(1) g-o-o-d-i
(2) [system highlights 'goodideas' tag in dropdown]
(3) Tab key
(4) cursor exits Smart Add field

That second behavior is less useful.
Posted at 10:08pm on September 8, 2009
(closed account) says:
i like this.
Posted 14 years ago
pfaco says:
Good one.
Posted 6 years ago
(closed account) says:
Though the poster is correct (hitting TAB does exit the field), hitting ENTER when the system highlights the tag or list name enters the item and stays in the field.

Enter accomplishes what the original poster was after.
Posted 2 years ago
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