I just want to say this post is amazing at giving plausible context to otherwise baffling behavior, thanks
A story I have is the time my father had set up a computer for my Grandma (Grandpa was very much a "no computers in the house" person until he passed) to give her something to do and people to take to. Naturally this means he had volunteered to become "tech support".
Early on there he was trying to help Grandma over the phone because for some reason no letters were showing up when typing on the keyboard. After an agonizing 45 minutes trying to figure out what was going on, he finally asks her to move the mouse to the box she wants to type in, click it, and then type. It worked! Turns out we took for granted the concept of input focus.
A story I have is the time my father had set up a computer for my Grandma (Grandpa was very much a "no computers in the house" person until he passed) to give her something to do and people to take to. Naturally this means he had volunteered to become "tech support".
Early on there he was trying to help Grandma over the phone because for some reason no letters were showing up when typing on the keyboard. After an agonizing 45 minutes trying to figure out what was going on, he finally asks her to move the mouse to the box she wants to type in, click it, and then type. It worked! Turns out we took for granted the concept of input focus.