Using keyboard keys to activate buttons

Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

Scripsit Harlan Messinger:

I didn't say anything about its topicality.

I did. Which part of "comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html" do you fail
to understand? Followups set.

I understand it perfectly well. You took issue with ME on it when I
hadn't brought it up to begin with. For someone for whom sticking to
topic is such a priority, it's ironic that this would be lost on you.

As for the issue that I'm
challenging you on, since when is programming a small-scale
keyboard-driven interactive application for learning purposes stupid?

Ever since it started meaning you try to do "advanced" things without
having and without wanting to have a clue of the basics.

(1) It isn't that advanced. (2) In my experience, it's the people who
stretch their abilities who are most likely to succeed, o hidebound one.

ObHTML: That
applies to doing silly things in HTML "for learning purposes" as well.

Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

On May 9, 2:22 pm, "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorp... (AT) cs (DOT) tut.fi> wrote:

Scripsit MikeB:

Who made you the boss of what I should or shouldn't do?

My knowing far better than you do. But since you so clearly ask to
remain clueless, ignorant, and a nuisance in newsgroups, you cannot be
helped. Thanks for visiting the Internet.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

It is not as if you helped even one whit. Thanks for not helping.

On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger

Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

Thanks for coming to my defense.

Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?

And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
part of HTML.

MikeB wrote:

On May 9, 2:22 pm, "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorp... (AT) cs (DOT) tut.fi> wrote:
Scripsit MikeB:

Who made you the boss of what I should or shouldn't do?
My knowing far better than you do. But since you so clearly ask to
remain clueless, ignorant, and a nuisance in newsgroups, you cannot be
helped. Thanks for visiting the Internet.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

It is not as if you helped even one whit. Thanks for not helping.

And this is the essence of why you should ignore Yukka. Well, ok, once
in a great while he says something technically valid. But, to wade
through all the invective is a cruel price to pay for the scant wisdom
he imparts when he, mostly, engages in trashing others for, mostly, no
apparent reason other than to be vindictive. An angry entity to be sure.

And listen! That is, surely, his raison d'etre. He likes to engage to
ire. Especially without actually being useful. And, instead of sim;y
giving a simple answer, to "instruct." God love academics. And
pedants. And, while you're looking up words, try "supercilious."

Don't get sucked in. Simply ignore. Oh, well, you could kill-file him.
But then you'd get so much less traffic and so much less enjoyment
from skipping his posts. Me? I love reading his messages and being
able to ignore them. In fact, he is doing me a great service by making
me feel more intelligent, more compassionate, more patient, more "nice."
Hell, I always /thought/ I was a reasonably nice guy. But now I know
for sure!!!

One always needs a basis for comparison, eh?

So, just let it go. Your criticism falls on deaf ears anyway. Why bother?

Quote from /The Band/

"... take what you need and leave the rest ..."

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso

MikeB wrote:

On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger
Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

Thanks for coming to my defense.

Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?

And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
part of HTML.

Defense isn't needed, learning to ignore is a valuable trait.


--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
All that glitters has a high refractive index.

MikeB wrote:

On May 9, 3:41 pm, Harlan Messinger
Right, this brings us back to "you should learn HTML only by building
production quality websites; never waste time on a simple exercise that
won't turn into your world-class moneymaker later on". You have no
ground to stand on here: you're being an ass solely for the sake of
being an ass, and the OP didn't deserve it.

Thanks for coming to my defense.

Now perhaps someone can tell me if it is possible to simulate the
button click of a HTML form by pressing a keyboard key?

I believe so but I'm not an expert on keyboard interactivity, and it is
in fact a Javscript question--the tag for the button is HTML, but
keyboard interactions (other than pressing Enter to submit a form to the
server) and the code that handles them are Javascript. Try
comp.lang.javascript.

And if that is not relevant to a HTML forum, I apologize. I thought a
button was a part of a HTML form and the attributes of the button is
part of HTML.

That's reasonable. Jukka thinks paradoxically, that beginners are
supposed to be experts and know everything about what's what before
they're permitted to ask questions.