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>I would say "selection" is the complete act of making a choice. This
>may involve keypresses or mouse gestures, but in the end, you have
>_selected_ something. If I remember rightly, the style guides* for
>Windows and Motif both use the word "select" in that way. Moving the
>focus is just a part of that action.
Interesting, since Microsoft (in its infinite wisdom)
consistently uses "choose" in its documentation, both for
menu items (choose open from the file menu) and for buttons
(choose the ok button). They do, however, "press" keys
(albeit infrequently). %-)
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