Why do the Escape and Enter keys not always do the right thing in dialog boxes?
- by Michael Goldshteyn
Why is it that when a dialog pops up, the Escape key doesn't always cancel it and the Enter key doesn't always press the default button? Shouldn't this be a standard across all dialog boxes in all applications?
I have gotten into the habit of pressing Escape to cancel a dialog and Enter to confirm it, but applications (and especially KDE, GNOME and Unity in many many cases) seem to ignore my wishes.
What is the problem?
Is consitency too much to ask?