Spinner: Home/End key strokes should set value to minimum/maximum.

[clown]

As an enhancement for keyboard users, consider having the Home and End keystrokes set the value of a spinner to its minimum/maximum, respectively.

Presently, on WinXP, Home/End moves the text entry cursor to the beginning/end of the text field component of the spinner (FF2, FF3, IE7, and IE6).

On Mac, Home/End does nothing (FF2, FF3).

[bill]

Hmm, I wouldn't necessarily use the words "should" or "enhancement", as users might well be expecting home and end to work the way they work now, namely the expected behavior for <input>s. I'd be inclined not to do this although willing to hear other opinions.

[clown]

Would prefer "could" :-)?

First, how do desktop spinners use the Home/End keys (if at all)? That behaviour needs to be balanced against what users expect <input>'s to to do.

Secondly, I'm partially influenced by the DHTML style guide, a best practices document: http://dev.aol.com/dhtml_style_guide#spinner

This document is not final, and if its prescription for Home/End is wrong, that should be brought up with that group.

Finally, the text entry field is small, whereas the spinner range could be large. Users might appreciate quick access to the max/min values over the beginning/end of the text entry field.

[becky]

I have some qualms about overriding the home/end behavior of the input field attached to the spinner to move the cursor to the begining/end of the field. But since it is a spinner (and not a plain input field), I have been convinced that having keystrokes to quickly move to the min and max values is worthwhile. The user can use the left/right arrow keys to move the cursor.

[becky]

(In [14388]) fixes #6397 Based on recommendations of keyboard style guide, Added support for home/end key to quickly set value to min/max via the keyboard. Home/end key swallowed if no home/end value specified in order to provide consistent behavior.