[suggestion] When you open the "OCR Image (Enhanced)" window, immediately make the "OK" button the current item

Jensen Head · Post by **Jensen Head** » Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:31 pm

I suggest making it possible, after pressing the "OCR Page (s)" button, to simply press Enter on the keyboard to start the recognition process, if the user is satisfied with all the settings of the "OCR Image (Enhanced)" window. Now when you open this window when you press Enter, nothing happens.

Fri Dec 10, 2021 6:22 pm

Hello, Jensen Head

There are a few dialogs like this one which are not exactly designed to be "set and forget" functions, so I cannot guarantee that this will be changing, but I can certainly bring it up for consideration.
In the meantime, the "ALT+O" shortcut does work in these menus.

Kind regards,

Jensen Head · Post by **Jensen Head** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:00 pm

This is how, for example, the "Split Pages", "Crop Pages", "Move Pages", "Extract Pages", "Delete Pages" windows behave, and it is convenient. At least at some point, the user gets used to the fact that pressing Enter in the settings window that has just opened (often, in fact, the window for confirming the operation) closes the window and starts the specified procedure. And when the application starts to behave unpredictably, the worker "thread" is interrupted by a second's thought, what is the mistake?

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:34 pm

Jensen Head wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:00 pm This is how, for example, the "Split Pages", "Crop Pages", "Move Pages", "Extract Pages", "Delete Pages" windows behave, and it is convenient. At least at some point, the user gets used to the fact that pressing Enter in the settings window that has just opened (often, in fact, the window for confirming the operation) closes the window and starts the specified procedure. And when the application starts to behave unpredictably, the worker "thread" is interrupted by a second's thought, what is the mistake?

And Rasterize.

I support this recommendation. Similar functions should have similar UI feel.

Mon Dec 13, 2021 5:58 pm

Hello,

Thank you for the added notes, we are looking at this, but at the end of the day the decision is in the hands of the development team. As before I will present this to them for their consideration, but that is as much as i can do.

RT#6094: FR: select "OK" button by default in all dialogs

Kind regards,

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:12 pm

Thank you, Daniel!

Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:28 pm

Jensen Head · Post by **Jensen Head** » Wed May 18, 2022 4:01 pm

Probably a suggestion similar to those discussed in this thread: in the "Image Saving Options" window, pressing Enter with any input field active closes the window as if the "OK" button had been pressed.

David.P · Post by **David.P** » Wed May 18, 2022 8:12 pm

Wed May 18, 2022 9:37 pm

Hello, Guys,

Just to make sure I am looking at the correct dialog to add to the list here, Can you clarify which image saving options you mean? (how to open it, and possibly a screenshot)

Kind regards,

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Thu May 19, 2022 9:45 pm

TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:37 pm Hello, Guys,

Just to make sure I am looking at the correct dialog to add to the list here, Can you clarify which image saving options you mean? (how to open it, and possibly a screenshot)

Kind regards,

Merge Pages is a big one for me.

Fri May 20, 2022 3:46 pm

Hi guys!

I have added notes to the ticket about those dialogs specifically, but the ticket is also, hopefully, to make this behavior consistent across all dialogs.

Kind regards,

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Fri May 20, 2022 5:49 pm

TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 3:46 pm ,,,make this behavior consistent across all dialogs...

Right on!

Fri May 20, 2022 5:55 pm

Jensen Head · Post by **Jensen Head** » Mon May 23, 2022 8:39 am

TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:37 pmCan you clarify which image saving options you mean? (how to open it, and possibly a screenshot)

PDF-XChange — Export to Image(s) — Image Saving Options.png

Tue May 24, 2022 4:19 pm

Hello, Jensen Head

Thank you! Note added to the ticket

Kind regards,

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Sat Aug 13, 2022 12:05 pm

Thank you all, Tracker Software, for fixing this!!

Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:33 pm

PHK · Post by **PHK** » Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:03 pm

Like a few other actions that are driven from pop-up boxes, it would be consistent across the PDF-XCE application if all pop-ups defaulted to having the "OK" box active. I know that many have been fixed, like the OCR Image pop-up of this thread.

Here is another pop-up that might benefit from the same treatment.

image.png

I hope this can be considered, even if as a low priority enhancement.

Thank you for thinking about this suggestion.

MedBooster · Post by **MedBooster** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 2:31 am

PHK wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:03 pm Like a few other actions that are driven from pop-up boxes, it would be consistent across the PDF-XCE application if all pop-ups defaulted to having the "OK" box active. I know that many have been fixed, like the OCR Image pop-up of this thread.

Here is another pop-up that might benefit from the same treatment.

image.png

I hope this can be considered, even if as a low priority enhancement.

Thank you for thinking about this suggestion.

+1 for this.
If Enter isn't used for anything else, why not use it to confirm the action (press OK)

Applies to all "confirm" dialogues...

Tue Dec 27, 2022 11:25 pm

Jensen Head · Post by **Jensen Head** » Wed Dec 10, 2025 11:51 am

Jensen Head wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:31 pm[suggestion] When you open the "OCR Image (Enhanced)" window, immediately make the "OK" button the current item

Done. Thank you!

Post by **Sean - PDF-XChange** » Wed Dec 10, 2025 12:11 pm