[WriteLog] Enter key

[Jim Reisert]

Jerry, I wasn't as clear in my original message as I could have been.  I was
using the mouse to fill in the call.

WL does 3 things with the Enter key:

- if cursor in empty CALL field, WL sends CQ
- if cursor in CALL field, WL sends exchange
- if cursor in exchange field, WL sends TU QRZ

When I select a call with the mouse, WL immediately moves the cursor to the RST
field.  WL won't send the exchange because the cursor is not in the call field.
WL will try to send the TU QRZ message, but there's nothing in the exchange
field yet, so WL complains that it can't log the QSO.  I WANT TO SEND THE
EXCHANGE, DARN IT!

When you select a call with the MOUSE, it should leave you in the CALL field. 
Then ENTER sends the exchange.  You copy the other guy's exchange, select it
with the mouse and it pops into the QSO entry.  Then you hit ENTER and it sends
QRZ and logs the QSO.  Your hands are on the ENTER key and the mouse, no where
else.

The two work arounds I used:

1.  Select the call off the screen with the mouse, but quickly click inside the
call field and then hit enter.

2.  Select the call off the screen with the mouse, but hit F10 to send the
exchange instead.

Both options are non-intuitive, and break the run rhythm.

73 - Jim AD1C

--- Jerry Pixton <jpixton@shentel.net> wrote:

> I complained about this Enter key logic problem several months ago but have 
> since changed my mind.


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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com

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