Standards guide as it pertains to website widgets.

[tbtcust]

Hi All. I'm looking to have someone design a web site. I want the standard widgets on my web site to act like all the other standards widgets out there.

Question: Is there web development standards guide as it pertains to the end users experience with widgets?

e.g., I have looked at text boxes on various websites and they all seem to work the same way, i.e.,
- allow pasting into it,
- moving to the next line when I press enter,
- have a scroll bar appear on the right when the text exceeds the vertical display,
- etc.
I want my text box to act the same way.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[ChrisHirst]

All of HTML is a standard and all HTML elements have standard behaviours

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Question: Is there web development standards guide as it pertains to the end users experience with widgets

http://www.w3.org

End user experience? Very simple.
Don't change the standard behaviour of form input elements and don't use pointless "Right Click disable" scripts.

Chris.

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[tbtcust]

ChrisHirst, thanks for replying. I get your point and it all makes sense now. Is there a primary link where a developer could reference the standard behavior of HTML elements?

 

[ChrisHirst]

W3Schools
and the link to W3.org is to the people who write the standards.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[tbtcust]

Got it. Thanks for all your help.