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Subject:Re: Terminology Question From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Joel W <eleysium -at- outlook -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 May 2014 11:57:29 -0700
Well, yeah... as others have answered, the boxes are called fields. The
focus (as it's called) moves from field to field.
> Chris
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Joel W <eleysium -at- outlook -dot- com> wrote:
> Let's say you have a screen with several boxes / fields for entering data.
> The user moves from one box to the other, but there isn't a cursor in the
> box to indicate what box she is using. What do you call the presence in the
> box? i.e.:"Press enter. The ____ moves to the next box."
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
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