Accidently submitting

[modeller]

I find that when typing out a message when changing case it often activates the Submit button.
I had thought I was accidently touching the buttons above or below the 'Caps Lock key but when I do it deliberately it doesn't activate Submit . Any suggestions ?

[factor-fiction]

Are you talking about when posting questions/answers on Answerbank?

[modeller]

Yes !

[factor-fiction]

Do you mean it makes the word SUBMIT change from grey to bold- or do you mean the post is submitted even though you haven't finished your post?

[modeller]

It submits before the post is finished.

[WhiteBears]

are you accidently using the tab key (rather than caps lock) then after that you press return key for a new paragraph? if you do that then thats why it happens. The tab key goes to the next field/button, and the return key acts as pushing the submit button

[modeller]

white bear You may be right as it happens when I'm typing fast but I've tried doing what you suggest , but it I can't get it to Submit .
Would you please confirm the name of these buttons.
The key above the Cap lock has the long right and left arrows.
The key under the Cap lock the one with the upwards arrow.
What is a field button ?
Also what's the difference between Alt and Alt Gr buttons.
Thanks for your help .

[WhiteBears]

modeller, the key above the caps lock is called a 'Tab key',
the key below the Caps lock is called a Shift key (this is used when you want to convert a lowercase to an uppercase)

When my mouse stops working i usually use the 'tab' key to help me work around this site etc. If you press the tab key once, you will see the curser will disappear and you will notice the 'submit' button looks like its pushed down, just like as you move your mouse over the submit button. If you press enter then the button will activate and acts just like as you click onto the button. So really the tab key is used when you dont have a mouse.

Say for instant you press tab now and it jumps into the submit button but you want to go back then you hold on to the Shift key and press the tab key, you will see the curser back in the text field.

again for the Alt button, if your mouse dosnt work then you use this button to get to your menu's, ie ifyou look at the top of your webpage you see file > edit > view etc, if you want to get into file then you hold on to the Alt button and press letter F (you will see the letter F is underlined) without using your mouse, you use the arrow button to work your way round it. it is pretty usefull when you dont have a mouse working.

hope this helps :-S or make any sense lol its so hard to explain :p

[modeller]

whitebear Thanks for your efforts . I found it highly informative, and it made me look more closely at the keyboard. I see that both F & J are underlined. Unfortunately many of your instructions didn't work . I'm using Vista so maybe that's the reason.