Press Enter to get to next trial in a text box trial

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Sophonax	Sophonax posted 11 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 7	Hi, I am trying to design a Dot Estimation Task (similar to the one there: http://www.millisecond.com/download/library/DotEstimationTask/ ). Basically, people are shown arrays of dots for a brief period of time, and then have to enter their estimation of how many dots they saw in a textbox. The thing that bothers me is that they have to click on the "next" button once they have entered their estimate, in order to get to the next trial. Because the experiment is very long, it would be much more convenient for them if they could just get to the next trial by pressing "Enter". I realize that they already can do that by pressing "Ctrl+Enter", but I was aiming for even more simplicity. Thanks for your help
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Dave	Dave posted 11 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 108K	The /inputdevice and /multiline attribute's settings for your <openended> elements matter in this regard: The respondent can advance past this trial by hitting ENTER if openended is single line expecting keyboard input, and Ctrl+ENTER if it's multiline or set to mouse input. You will find this covered in the language reference topic for the <openended> element.
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