Enter vs Return key?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I was wondering - what is the difference between the return key and the enter key on my keyboard? For me - I hardly ever use the real "enter" key near the command key. I always use the regular enter key above the shift, but yet it is actually a "return"? I also noticed that holding the FN key while pushing return makes it the "enter" key because it is in the gray font on the key. Any info on the differences of these keys? Thanks!

Not that I can tell (usually). It may make a difference in some applications, but I always use the Return key, too.

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That the KBSC files are XML doesn't guarantee faultless migration from one version to the next, probably because Adobe just forgot to cope with importing KBSCs from previous versions. It's great that InDesign offers you such flexibility with the KBSCs, but it's terrible that the implementation has been so sloppy in at least the three last versions (maybe earlier versions, too, but I try to repress the memories).
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Pressing Enter or Return Key script

I'm using a text input component that accepts text. I have a
movie clip button that can be clicked and the results of my
function appear in another text field. All works great. How can I
make the button work and run its function if the user just hits the
enter/return button on the keyboard instead of mouse clicking on
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trouble with this one, though. Do I need to addEventListener
(KeyboardEvent) before this? Here's what I currently have that
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Capture keyboard characters without hitting return key

Is it possible to get a keyboard key typed character without requiring the user to enter the RETURN key?
For example, the user press a key and the screen will echo the key pressed in console mode, not in GUI mode.

Is it possible to get a keyboard key typed character
without requiring the user to enter the RETURN key?The shell that's running in your console window will not give the kay strokes to the rpogram until the human hits enter/return. This is so the shell can do all the editing (EG backspace, etc).
In unix you can put the console in 'raw' mode which lets every key stroke through. See the 'stty' command

Enter/return key issue.

We have a new Macbook Pro and the enter/return key does not work with software unless we push the shift key at the same time. It only does this on one user as well. Other users on the computer the enter/return key works fine. As an example - if you are done with a sentence in Pages and you hit the enter/return button to go to the next line nothing happens unless you also hold the shift key down. Any ideas?

I have found a solution that works in Excel 2011. But you can try to see if this solution would work for Pages also. Remember, where the instructions below refer to Excel substitute it with Pages instead. From what I am understanding you want to click the RETURN key and move down to the next line in the document. Hopefully it works.
If you want to click the RETURN key and have the cursor go from the current cell to the the next row in Column A (i.e. The cursor is in cell B2, click RETURN, the cursor moves to A3) do the following:
1) Click on the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your desktop.
2) Click SYSTEM PREFERENCES.
3) Click KEYBOARD.
4) In the KEYBOARD box click KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS.
5) Click APPLICATION SHORTCUTS from the left menu.
6) Click the + (plus sign) that appears to the left of the Restore Defaults
button.
6) In the box that appears select EXCEL for the APPLICATION you want to apply this shortcut to. (if Excel does not appear on the list, click on OTHER at the bottom of the list, click MICROSOFT OFFICE, then click EXCEL).
7) In the MENU TITLE field enter the name you would like to give this shortcut (i.e. ACTIVE CELL). Click the RETURN key(enter) to continue.
The cursors will now appear in the KEYBOARD SHORTCUT field. Click the RETURN (enter) key once. The shortcut will now appear in the KEYBOARD SHORTCUT field.
9) Click ADD.
Now go into the spreadsheet and test the shortcut. Enter information into the spreadsheet into a number of cells in the same row (move between the cells either with the TAB key or RIGHT ARROW), When you are done entering your information, then click RETURN. The cursor should now move to the next row in COLUMN A (i.e. The cursor is in cell B2, click RETURN, the cursor moves to A3).
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You have to perform key mapping to get the Key-Enter trigger to work.
Open your forms90\fmrweb.res file in a text editor. Find the line:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 27 : "Return"
Change it to:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 75 : "Return"
Save the file and run the form again. The key-enter trigger should then fire when you press the Return key, but not when you press the Tab key.

OneNote 2013: Font changes when pressing Enter / Return key

I have the same problem as this guy (who didn't get a relevant answer): http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/233833f7-dde8-414d-bdca-604ed8d57667/onenote-2013-font-changes-when-pressing-enter-return-key?forum=officeitpro
I set my default to Calibri 14, but every time I press enter (I make a lot of bullet lists) the font changes to Calibri 11.

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Did you change the default font after you typed a few words in a note container?
Setting the default font in Microsoft Office OneNote affects text that you type in new note containers only. It does not affect existing text or text that you add to existing note containers.
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Need ENTER / return key on LEFT side of keyboard

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test
and hit the return key on your keyboard it doesn't work in
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I can't open my mail unless I use the Enter/Return key or go to the File -Open Message

Up until yesterday I could open an email just by double clicking the message. Now if I want to open a message I have to use the Enter/Return key or go into FILE and press Open Message.
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I've checked my mail settings and they are the same as before. Have OSX Yosemite 10.10.1 installed.

''SuperSluether [[#answer-671002|said]]''
<blockquote>
Is this problem in Firefox? It sounds as if you are referring to an email program such as Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird. As far as I know, you can't open emails in Firefox with File > Open Message because there is no such option.
</blockquote>
Thank you for your response. I finally found out why this was happening. It had to do with the Trackpad settings for my Mac. I adjusted the track speed to a slower speed as it was set quite fast. This seems to have fixed the problem :)
I’m not too computer savy so sometimes things can be a little confusing trying to figure out whats what and where to look for solutions.
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How do i prevent the user from entering a RETURN/ENTER key into their username?

Hello,
i am currently trying to make a login system where the
username will obviously enter their username.
I have made my user input box editable and set up variables
to accept the user input and store them into variables, along with
error prevention for blank fields.
However i cannot prevent the user from hitting the
"enter"/"return" key. When i hit "enter" the user input box box
gets larger as the type curser moves onto the next line and when
the username is stored in a variable it is stored as "theuser
RETURN" so when variable is passed to the next frame and is
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I want to prevent this, anyone got any suggestions? or know
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suggestion:
don't make the edit field editable right from the start.
rather attach a behaviour to the field/text-sprite like:
property mySprite, myMember
on beginsprite me
Sprite = me.spritenum
-- this is the channel-number of the editbox
myMember = mySprite.member.number
-- this is the field/text-member
member(myMember).editable = FALSE
end beginsprite
on mouseup me
-- when i get clicked for editing, then set me editable
member(mymember).editable = TRUE
the keydownscript = "MyKeyhandler"
-- this sets the keyhandler to YOUR keyhandler, see below
end mouseup
You would then need to have YOUR keyhandler in any mociesript
and there you
would block any unwished key, while editing
on MyKeyhandler
case the key of
RETURN:
stopevent;
otherwise
pass;
end case
end MyKeyhandler
in the end you would attach a behaviour to any
"Submit"-button (this is the
one that "gets" the userinput" and performs further action
according to your
wishes and decisions)
on mouseup
the keydownscript = EMPTY
-- this resets to normal
user-ID = member("Whatever the number or name of your
editfield
is").text
member("Whatever the number or name of your editfield
is").editable
= FALSE
-- any further actions to make in your project
-- to get along with the entered User-ID
end mouseup
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Peter

I have been having an problem recently where my shift key will sometimes type capital Y for o apparent reason, and also my return key will enter a backslash. how can I correct this? it happened to me once before. I had to reinstall clean

Recently my shift key has been for some unknown reason ben typing capital "y" when I use it, and YYI don't know how to stop it. Also my return key has been adding a backslash after the return, and I am unsure how to remove that as well, I had this problem aout 6 months ago, and I had to wipe the drive and do a clean install before it fixed. I would not want to do that again, if at all possible.

Have You found a fix for this(question mark)

In the previous version, the menu table in table options, there is an option that gives me the option: the Return key moves to next cell. I do not see this option in the new number. can you help me please?

in the previous version of Number, the menu table in table options, there is an option that gives me the option: the Return key moves to next cell. I do not see this option in the new number. can you help me please?

Hi silvano,
If you use a regular pattern when entering values, press enter (return) after entering the last value in a row. That will take you to the first Body Cell of the next row.
Start in Cell B2
1 Tab 2 Tab 3 Enter
4 Tab 5 Tab 6 Enter
7 Tab 8 Tab 9 Enter
Now you are ready to type into B5 .
Another way that some people find easier is to enter one column at a time
Start at B2
1 enter
4 enter
7 enter
etc.
Now start with C2.
Use whatever suits your work flow.
Regards,
Ian.

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