Apple User Interface Guidelines Issue

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  • July 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM #52763

    Alan Hayman
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    Hi, Brendan,
    Thanks for getting Saved Searches working!
    If I understand correctly, according to Apple’s user interface guidelines, if a dialog box contains a blue button, the button can be clicked with the mouse or trackpad, or the Return key on the keyboard can be pressed, and the action will be performed.
    When I do a Saved Search with a number as the requested parameter, as shown in the attached file “Numeric Saved Search”, I can either click the button with the mouse or trackpad, or hit the Return key, and the search is performed.
    However, when I do a Saved Search with text as the requested parameter, as shown in the attached file “Text Saved Search”, if I click the button with the mouse or trackpad, the search is performed, but if I hit the Return key, nothing happens – the dialog box just sits there.
    Tap Forms 5 behaved the same way.
    Can this be fixed?
    Thanks!

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    July 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM #52774

    Brendan
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    The issue is that the NSComboBox control I’m using for the Text field input is sucking up the return key press on the Saved Search window.

    However, if you press the tab key and then return, then the Save button will work.

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