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Sort of (depends on terminology): A form is a set of controls laid out in 2D. But they are ordered and discrete so you can just ignore their positioning in x,y and instead navigate in their order instead (e.g tabbing through controls) making it a 1D input!

By “2D input” in this context I mean input where there isn’t also such a navigation option and you must input one or more coordinates and there is no way to enter the coordinates as numbers. For example the input surface (image) in a drawing program like Microsoft paint.



Random access vs. sequential access. Guess which one is more efficient?


I think you're equating "random" with keyboard and "sequential" with mouse, but I also think of keyboard as "serial" and keyboard + mouse as "parallel".

I know my conclusion from your comment is supposed to be "keyboard is faster", but I'm not sure that's true. https://www.asktog.com/TOI/toi06KeyboardVMouse1.html


No, I am equating mouse with random access (can click on any of the 2D points), and keyboard with sequential (need to tab through form components) ;-)

You would have to claw my trackpad from my cold dead hands.


Check out the responses to CharlesW's comment in this thread for more on that link.




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