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From: "Dennis Davenport" <>
Subject: [FTST] Picklist and page down
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:53:58 -0800


In FTST, when in the picklist, I enter my letters in the Search block, the
highlight moves in the picklist to what I entered. Now, in order to get the
cursor down to the highlighted entry in the picklist, I need to click on the
highlighted entry with the mouse. Only then can I page down thru the
picklist (assuming that's what I want to do). Say I have lots of Smiths in
my data set. I type in smi to get to the first Smith in the list. I then
should be able to Page Down 3 or 4 times to get to Frank Smith in my list,
without touching the mouse.

In TMG, I can enter the letters of my search, and then immediately start
using the page down keys to move quickly to the exact person, without
touching the mouse.

Using Tab in FTST seems to skip over the picklist and only cycles thru the
buttons on the screen.

Is this by design? Why are we now required to do an extra mouse click to
get the cursor into the list? Not a big deal but an annoyance especially
since I've gotten used to TMG.

Maybe I haven't caught on yet and there is a way around this. Did anyone
else notice this navigation change?

By the way, FTST is a wonderful program and well worth the small price.

Dennis D

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